About the Author
Stacy J. Ingraham, Ph.D., is a well-published exercise scientist. She completed her Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Exercise Science) with a minor in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. Stacy taught at the University of Minnesota for 18 years. Stacy is also a freelance musician as a French Horn and marimba player. Stacy also coached cross country and track at the high school and collegiate levels. Stacy competed in cross country and track at the University of Northern Iowa and was the first female to be inducted into the Letterman’s Club at UNI…
ABOUT
BOOK
This is the true story of the murder of Shirley Jean Roberts. The 1968 bludgeoning of a mother of six, was at the hands of an intruder who took the victim’s life with an ax.
Her slaying occurred on December 19, 1968, in the kitchen of her Petersburg, Virginia home. Leaping from bed to her mother’s blood-curdling screams following a brief discussion at the front door with an unknown man, a nine-year-old girl watched in horror from her bedroom doorway as the man chased and attacked her mom. The only eyewitness to the crime, the girl’s statements would be the keystone of a court case against an eventual suspect. Her testimony, coerced by a corrupt police department, landed her father in prison, serving a twenty-year sentence for the murder of her mother.
The girl’s story chronicles the jaw-dropping account of a ten-year-old child used by a system of corruption to obtain a conviction for one of the most brutal murders in modern Virginia history. In the absence of a suspect, her story entails coercion and manipulation by a corrupt police department, witnessed by her mom’s sister, and the collusion of other adults, including lawyers, a judge, and the mayor…
Stacy Ingraham
Stacy Ingraham
TESTIMONIALS
REVIEWS
This is a stirring and compelling story of one woman’s extraordinary journey from an unbelievable family tragedy to a life of freedom and purpose. Stacy’s incredible life told here is sure to leave you captivated and inspired.
Amy Evans
What happens when prosecutors convict an innocent person just to solve a murder. This is a well documented and heart breaking story that tells the long term effects on the family of the accused. This is a page turner written by the daughter who seeks the truth and justice.
Lois Bahnson.
WHAT’S INSIDE
THE BOOK
- Documented coercion by authorities
- Eyewitness account of murder
- The brutality of a murder that did not fit the verdict
- The irrefutable God story