James W. Hewitt is president of the Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies and was an adjunct professor of history at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court (Nebraska, 2007).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Place2. The People3. The Preliminaries4. The Perpetration5. The Powwow6. The Pursuer7. The Problems8. The Postlude

'James Hewitt is to be congratulated for this excellent book."-John Stevens Berry, Lincoln Journal Star "In Cold Storage is an excellent history of one of the more sensational crimes in Nebraska history." - Steven Guenzel, Nebraska History "James Hewitt has provided a well-researched and fascinating work."-Peter Longo, Middle West Review "In the best tradition of Capote's iconic In Cold Blood, James Hewitt presents a gruesome, bizarre, and tragic tale of sex, murder, and small-town intrigue, told with the objective insight of an accomplished legal historian and the gripping narrative style of a novelist. . . . This is a book you should be prepared to complete in one sitting. It's that compelling."—Mark Scherer, author of Rights in the Balance"The curious, tangled, and often sensational step-by-step recounting will, by necessity, leave the reader wondering how such a crime could have been committed and may have you double-checking to make sure your back door is really locked."—Jim McKee, historian and writer"In Cold Storage takes us through lurid personal relations that lead to two murders and vicious mutilations that shocked and frightened all Nebraskans, especially those used to small-town life in the western reaches of the state."—Donald Pederson, former Nebraska state senator from North Platte

James W. Hewitt is president of the Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies and was an adjunct professor of history at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court (Nebraska, 2007).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Place2. The People3. The Preliminaries4. The Perpetration5. The Powwow6. The Pursuer7. The Problems8. The Postlude

'James Hewitt is to be congratulated for this excellent book."-John Stevens Berry, Lincoln Journal Star "In Cold Storage is an excellent history of one of the more sensational crimes in Nebraska history." - Steven Guenzel, Nebraska History "James Hewitt has provided a well-researched and fascinating work."-Peter Longo, Middle West Review "In the best tradition of Capote's iconic In Cold Blood, James Hewitt presents a gruesome, bizarre, and tragic tale of sex, murder, and small-town intrigue, told with the objective insight of an accomplished legal historian and the gripping narrative style of a novelist. . . . This is a book you should be prepared to complete in one sitting. It's that compelling."—Mark Scherer, author of Rights in the Balance"The curious, tangled, and often sensational step-by-step recounting will, by necessity, leave the reader wondering how such a crime could have been committed and may have you double-checking to make sure your back door is really locked."—Jim McKee, historian and writer"In Cold Storage takes us through lurid personal relations that lead to two murders and vicious mutilations that shocked and frightened all Nebraskans, especially those used to small-town life in the western reaches of the state."—Donald Pederson, former Nebraska state senator from North Platte

James W. Hewitt is president of the Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies and was an adjunct professor of history at Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court (Nebraska, 2007).

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Place2. The People3. The Preliminaries4. The Perpetration5. The Powwow6. The Pursuer7. The Problems8. The Postlude

'James Hewitt is to be congratulated for this excellent book."-John Stevens Berry, Lincoln Journal Star "In Cold Storage is an excellent history of one of the more sensational crimes in Nebraska history." - Steven Guenzel, Nebraska History "James Hewitt has provided a well-researched and fascinating work."-Peter Longo, Middle West Review "In the best tradition of Capote's iconic In Cold Blood, James Hewitt presents a gruesome, bizarre, and tragic tale of sex, murder, and small-town intrigue, told with the objective insight of an accomplished legal historian and the gripping narrative style of a novelist. . . . This is a book you should be prepared to complete in one sitting. It's that compelling."—Mark Scherer, author of Rights in the Balance"The curious, tangled, and often sensational step-by-step recounting will, by necessity, leave the reader wondering how such a crime could have been committed and may have you double-checking to make sure your back door is really locked."—Jim McKee, historian and writer"In Cold Storage takes us through lurid personal relations that lead to two murders and vicious mutilations that shocked and frightened all Nebraskans, especially those used to small-town life in the western reaches of the state."—Donald Pederson, former Nebraska state senator from North Platte