Abandoned Prayers by Gregg Olsen

Abandoned Prayers by Gregg Olsen

In Abandoned Prayers by Gregg Olsen, Eli Stutzman was born and raised in one of Ohio's strictest Amish communities. But behind the peaceful façade of the apparently simple Amish farmer was a quietly tormented rebel. After the highly suspicious death of his pregnant young wife, Stutzman abruptly severed his ties with the Amish. Taking his young son Danny with him, he embarked on a cross-country spree of compulsive pickups, orgies, sadomasochism, rampant drug abuse, and violence. It would all culminate in murder.

Based on exhaustive research and dramatic new evidence, reporter Gregg Olsen exposes one of the most bizarre killers to emerge from America's heartland. From his Amish beginnings to the savage slaying of a male roommate that put him behind bars in Texas to the tragic death of Eli's son Danny - the boy known in headlines across the county as "Little Boy Blue" - Olsen asks the disturbing questions: Did Danny die because he knew too much? And just how many people did Eli Stutzman Kill?...The answers make for a shattering portrait of obsession and murder.