Stalemate: A Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder [Mass Market Paperback]

John Philpin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1997

Featuring the suspect's own words, a gripping true story of child abduction and murder takes readers into the complex realm of forensic investigation, bringing them face-to-face with a man who may be playing a deadly game--and winning. Original."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (September 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553569996
• ISBN-13: 978-0553569995
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #721,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tim Bindner plays with even your head...just like the cops.., December 11, 1997

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This review is from: Stalemate: A Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

John Philpin brilliantly shows the story through Tim Bindner himself....to let the readers get a feel for this strange, strange, man. Tim Bindner is excentrically brilliant, always one step ahead of the cops. He is always ready with a reason why things are happening. He is very easily keeping himself from being arrested, when so much evidence is against him. Is it just a coicidence that the evidence that the cops have found against him isnt admissable in court? He failed 2 lie detector tests, hangs out at little girls' graves, bloodhounds found Amber Swartz and Nikki Campbell's scents at both Angie Bugay's grave (Bindner's favorite hang-out) and in Bindner's van, and he writes love letters to the missing girls. This isnt enough for the cops? Well, it sure was enough for me. Tim Bindner is slick. He knows what to say and do to keep the cops, the girls' parents, and even the public saying "well, maybe he did, and maybe he didnt." I swayed back and forth with my opinion the entire book. I highly recommend this book. It puts you in a place you could never imagine being.....in the mind of a psycho, and in the lives of the families he is destroying.....

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tim Bindner is the spookiest person alive., October 14, 1997

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This review is from: Stalemate: A Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

Tim Bindner hangs out in cemeteries. When the sun is up, he repairs headstones and pulls weeds; when the sun sets, he hops among graves, stopping at the sites of murdered young girls. He prays out loud over them, talks to them, then he howls at the sky.

Tim Bindner is a suspect in the disappearance of young girls. Authorities have seached his van and house; bloodhounds trace the scents of some victims to Bindner's car, and to the grave of Angel Bugay, Bindner's favorite spot. He has failed a lie detector test, and a Voice Stress Analysis indicates his complicity in the abductions.

Tim Bindner writes taunting letters to the police; his diary hints at how a child killer would catch his prey, and where he would bury them. He suggests putting them in a grave that has been dug for a funeral to be held the next day. Then the killer could attend the graveside service, and exult as the casket is lowered over his victim.

The police have no evidence to arrest him, and Tim Bindner is still out there today.

This is the creepiest, spookiest book I ever read.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT READING, October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stalemate: A Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

Talk about great journalism!! Here is one of the finest examples of objective reporting that I have ever read! I normally don't like books that leave something hanging at the end, but I didn't mind in this case because it was so well written and objective that I feel I can make up my own mind here. What a riveting book!! THIS is why true crime is written (NOT books on the Ramsey case which is all over the media every-which-way!) Great book! I hope somehow all of us who have read and enjoyed this book will someday find out what the ending is . . .