On this date in 1981, Jack Henry Abbot was captured in the field of Louisiana after a two-month manhunt. And just who was this guy? He killed Richard Adan as he had been on parole after the officials had been assured that he had a great writing talent. He was a despicable character who went to reform school at age nine and spent most of his life in prison. He got the lightest sentence possible for the murder, and his book became a bestseller. He committed suicide in 2002.
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