Runaway Devil

In April 2006, the idyllic life of Marc and Debra and their children, Jacob (8) and JR (12), shattered when Marc, Debra, and Jacob were found brutally murdered in their Medicine Hat home. Initially fearing for twelve-year-old JR's safety, investigators soon uncovered her disturbing online alter ego, "Runaway Devil," and an illicit relationship with twenty-three-year-old high-school dropout Jeremy Steinke. Shocking evidence from JR's school locker, revealed here for the first time, quickly pointed to the honor roll student as the prime suspect in her family's savage killings. Journalists Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose, who covered the case from its outset, unveil the full, horrifying story: an unlikely young love, destructive teenage rebellion, and the devastating impact of an unthinkable crime on a small community. *Runaway Devil* serves as a chilling modern cautionary tale, exposing a manipulative young girl and the man smitten with her, whose desires led to unspeakable tragedy.

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