A Force for Evil
Assassination In A Small Town
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Ann Mardis
was the sister of Jay Fry and lived in a mobile home next door to the Fry
residence with her husband, Clarence.
Ann and Clarence had returned home shortly before her brother and
sister-in-law. Clarence was tired and
went to bed almost immediately, but Ann was restless. She opened a can of beer from the
refrigerator and sat down in her favorite chair, located in the bay window
facing her brother’s house, to watch television until she was ready for
sleep. She heard her brother’s pickup
truck arrive and park on
“Hey, Dummy,
you left the dome light on.” She yelled good naturally to her brother.
Robin repeated Ann’s jibe, “Hey,
Dummy, you left the light on.”
Jay looked at Robin and asked, “Hey,
Dummy, are you going to turn it off?”
“No, Dummy. It’s your truck.” Robin retorted.
Jay laughed and handing her the six
pack of beer he was carrying, he turned and walked back to the truck to turn
off the light.
Ann Mardis
returned to her chair and again settled down to watch her program on the
TV. Suddenly she was startled by a loud
roaring noise from outside. She
immediately thought that somebody had struck Jay’s parked pickup truck. His cars or trucks had been struck often
while parked there in the past. She
stood up and looked out the window. The
truck was all right, but there was a man walking away from Jay’s side door
toward the street. Suddenly the man
stopped, put his finger to his head as though in thought and casually retraced
his steps. She watched as he opened the
door--.
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About the Book
A Force for
Evil is
the true story of the Fry Murder Case,
which occurred in Lincoln, Illinois the summer of 1976. It is a reflection on
the crime of murder: how the crime affected the community, the families of the
victims and how the crime was solved. The story takes you from the time the
killer was a child up to and including his commission of the crime, his arrest,
trial, conviction and sentencing. It involves the process of the investigation
as seen through the eyes of the author, who was one of the investigating
detectives. It relates how, like the work of a jigsaw puzzler, the detectives
gathered, analyzed and put the pieces of the puzzle together to bring the
investigation to it’s ultimate conclusion.
Russell Smrekar, a college student, commits a theft
of a few dollars worth of meat from a super market. In order to save himself
from punishment he determines to eliminate all witnesses against him. In his
resolve to carry out his plan not only are people murdered, but also others are
made to disappear never to be seen again.
Read how a small town police department working in
cooperation with other agencies solved a heinous crime and the methods used to
bring a killer to justice. The book details not only how investigations were
carried out by routine police work, but also by use of the para-normal bordering
on the occult.
About the Author
Chief William A. Krueger has served in law
enforcement for 35 years. He retired from The Lincoln, Illinois Police
Department in 1980 and was than appointed Chief of Police in Salem, Illinois.
He has served as an agent for the Midstates Organized Crime Information Center
(MOCIC), a U. S. Justice Department program to assist local, state and federal
agencies in gathering criminal intelligence on organized crime.
Chief Krueger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Education from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is a graduate of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy and is a past president of
the Illinois State Chapter of the National Academy Associates. He is a U. S.
Navy veteran of the Korean War.
This is Chief Krueger’s first book. “A Force For Evil” is a true crime
case occurring in 1976 in Lincoln, Illinois. He was the Detective Sergeant
assigned to the Fry Murder Case from which the story is drawn.
“Between
Moonlight and Murder” is Chief Krueger’s second book. A novel that is
based on a true crime which occurred in Lincoln, Illinois during the summer and
fall of 1882.
He presently resides in Leesburg, Florida with his
wife, Kathryn, and two dogs, Rhaggs and Dakota.