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The abduction -- Fair week -- Jane Doe -- Alone in a room with evil -- A confession -- Father knows best -- A ticking clock -- A body in the woods -- Jesus loves me -- House of horrors -- Discarded like trash -- State Route 430 -- A narrow escape -- "The Lord is our rock" -- Murdered over magazines -- A dangerous demonstration -- "What the hell were you two thinking?" -- "The devil's good-looking, too" -- Friday night lights -- The Grate deceiver -- Jailhouse informant -- The trial.

"On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed 'The Ladykiller.' A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate's extensive recorded confessions--all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager. As an experienced specialist in sex offenses, Detective Mager was one of the officers assigned to Grate's case upon his arrest. Grate immediately latched onto her, repeatedly demanding to speak to her and presumably convinced that he could somehow exercise his power over her in much the same way that he'd overpowered and controlled his female victims. He was wrong"-- Provided by publisher.