{"product_id":"scrapped-justice-and-a-teen-informant-9781684337538","title":"Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eScrapped\u003c\/em\u003e captures the barren roads and fallow fields of Oswego County the way Capote captured Finney County, Kansas in \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -Tom Barbash, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dakota Winters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCriminal defense lawyer Lisa Peebles was taken aback by a secretly recorded phone call and police interrogation video that surfaced in a 20-year-old kidnapping case. They held the stench of a cover-up. She recruited an investigative reporter to help unearth the truth and exonerate Gary Thibodeau, the man convicted in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Heidi Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant \u003c\/em\u003eexposes the underbelly of a system built more for finality than justice. It's the true story of Peebles' pursuit of new evidence against three new suspects and her discovery that Heidi had lived a double life: convenience store cashier and undercover informant. The sheriff's office hid the truth after her death as the real killers roamed free. Peebles became a de facto prosecutor to prove their guilt and Gary's innocence. As Heidi's family stood by the sheriff, her remains were likely secreted right under their noses - probably inside a scrapped van and shipped to a car shredder in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684337538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d","brand":"Lisa Peebles,John O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452326736053,"sku":"9781684337538","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c80cdf96-6f4a-4f8b-8574-4fb92a38c190.jpg?v=1776826760","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scrapped-justice-and-a-teen-informant-9781684337538","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}