Chapter 01 / Summary
A Crime in the Woods
Two men commit horrific crime
In the small town of Clanton, Mississippi, a brutal crime occurs when two white men,Billy Ray CobbandPete Willard, assault a ten-year-old black girl,Tonya Hailey. The heinous act leaves Tonya severely injured and traumatized, setting off a chain reaction that will engulf the town in turmoil. The perpetrators, intoxicated and remorseless, laugh at their cruelty, unaware of the storm their actions will unleash.
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