Sleep, My Child, Forever
The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · Print & ebook · February 27, 2018
The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons—and nearly killed her daughter.
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- Who it’s for
- A grim true-crime account where financial desperation meets a detective’s relentless search for the truth.
- Themes
- Filicide, Deception and greed, Pursuit of the truth
- Genres
- Murder & Homicide, Criminals & Outlaws, Cons, Hoaxes & Scams
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The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons—and nearly killed her daughter. Ellen Boehm, a single mom from St. Louis, Missouri, appeared devoted to her children. But in reality, she was unequipped for motherhood, financially strapped, and desperate. Within a year of each other, her sons, ages two and four, died mysteriously, and Boehm’s eight-year-old daughter then suffered a near-fatal mishap when a hair dryer fell into the girl’s bath.
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While neighbors wondered how Boehm remained so calm through it all, Det. Sgt. Joseph Burgoon of St. Louis Homicide had darker suspicions. Burgoon soon unraveled a labyrinth of deception, greed, and obsession that revealed a cold-blooded killer whose get-rich-quick scheme came at the cost of her children’s lives. Boehm had taken out insurance policies on her children with six different companies totaling nearly $100,000. Using police reports, case documents, and photos, journalist John Coston recreates the events that led to one mother’s unspeakable acts of filicide—and a cop’s relentless pursuit of the truth.
Devotion and Deception
A grim true-crime account where financial desperation meets a detective’s relentless search for the truth.
Come here for
- The contrast between apparent devotion and chilling deception.
Expect
- A case reconstruction drawn from police reports, documents, and photos.
Where it sits
| Murder & Homicide | 81% |
|---|---|
| Criminals & Outlaws | 52% |
| Cons, Hoaxes & Scams | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Criminals & Outlaws
- Violence in Society
- Serial Killers
- Authors
- John Coston
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Published
- February 27, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Filicide · Deception and greed · Pursuit of the truth
- Reading lane
- Criminals & Outlaws