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Chris Aylor, left, and Kirk Mauthe, best friends who died within hours of each other, Chris in a fatal car wreck and Kirk in a suicide when he heard the news. (Ken Hardesty)

LEFT
: Carol Davis Garland, an erratic woman with a history of mental instability who claims to have conspired to blackmail her sister, Joy Aylor. (Ken Englade).
RIGHT
: Andy Hopper, a devout fundamentalist Christian whose plans to become a minister derailed when he discovered drugs, a deadly temptation that ultimately led him to commit murder. (
Dallas Morning News
/John F. Rhodes)

Buster, top, and Gary Matthews, ne’er-do-well brothers with long criminal histories whose desperation almost resulted in the murder of Larry Aylor. (Courtesy of the Otero County District Attorney’s Office)

Investigators Ken McKenzie, left, and Morris McGowan, whose dogged persistence led to the conviction of Rozanne’s murderer but whose blatant disregard for the suspect’s rights may lead to a new trial. (Richardson Police Department)

LEFT
: Peter Lesser, left, and Larry Mitchell, well-known Dallas attorneys whose defense of Andy Hopper came close to upsetting the prosecution’s case. (Ken Englade).
RIGHT
: A publicity-shy Joy trying to hide behind her famous attorney, Doug Mulder, after a court appearance that precipitated her flight. (
Dallas Morning
News/Richard Michael Pruitt)

The villa in St. Paul de Vence, a sleepy village in the south of France where Joy was living quietly under the name of a woman taken from a headstone on a Dallas grave. (Ken Englade)

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When the shocking acts came to light, a trial brought every gruesome detail to the forefront, and Ken Englade has, with even-handed, clear-eyed reporting, chronicled every chilling detail.

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