September Sacrifice
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime
| Author: | Mark Horner | ISBN: | 1230000282655 |
| Publisher: | Crime Rant Classics | Publication: | November 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mark Horner |
| ISBN: | 1230000282655 |
| Publisher: | Crime Rant Classics |
| Publication: | November 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"Horner skillfully compiles facts and recites dialogue from thousands of pages of police supplemental files, court transcripts, and personal interviews." -- Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque
"Horner tells this incredible story of the life and death of Girly Chew with the vivaciousness of a seasoned pro." -- Investigative Journalist M. William Phelps, author of Perfect Poison and Lethal Guardian.
"If there is a better story in the annals of true crime, I haven't seen it yet." -- Gregg Olsen, New York Times Bestselling Author of If Loving You is Wrong
"If I'm ever late for work, call the police!" – that's what Albuquerque, New Mexico bank teller Girly Chew, 36, told her boss. The Malaysian-born beauty lived in mortal fear of her pathologically deranged husband and had taken out a restraining order against him. She was late for work for the first - and last - time on September 10, 1999. Her bloodstained clothes were found near a lonely stretch of desert highway. Chew's estranged spouse was an unrepentant scam artist with a terrifying violent streak. Born Armando Chavez, Jr. in Texas, he changed his name to Diazien Hossencofft and said he was from Switzerland. Claiming to be a surgeon and DNA expert with an anti-aging formula, he conned a woman dying of cancer out of nearly a half-million dollars. While married, he conducted numerous affairs - even managing to wangle sole custody of the infant son he fathered with one of his mistresses. Nursing a sick obsession with his wife while exerting Manson-like control over his girlfriend/accomplice, UFO fanatic Linda Henning, 47, Hossencofft set the stage for Girly Chew's murder and followed through on his plan with sadistic enthusiasm.
About the author: Mark Horner is the author of the true crime thriller September Sacrifice. He has won numerous awards for his work as a television journalist, including his investigative reporting on the David Parker Ray “Sex Torture” case in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. Horner’s appeared on Dateline NBC, Investigation Discovery’s I’d Kill for You and Sins and Secrets, Oxygen’s Snapped, TruTV’s The Investigators and several other programs. He has also been a guest lecturer at the University of New Mexico where he shared his experiences reporting from Ground Zero, Pennsylvania and the The Pentagon during the days that followed the September 11th terrorist attacks. Horner has worked as a journalist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tucson, Arizona and Yakima, Washington.
"Horner skillfully compiles facts and recites dialogue from thousands of pages of police supplemental files, court transcripts, and personal interviews." -- Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque
"Horner tells this incredible story of the life and death of Girly Chew with the vivaciousness of a seasoned pro." -- Investigative Journalist M. William Phelps, author of Perfect Poison and Lethal Guardian.
"If there is a better story in the annals of true crime, I haven't seen it yet." -- Gregg Olsen, New York Times Bestselling Author of If Loving You is Wrong
"If I'm ever late for work, call the police!" – that's what Albuquerque, New Mexico bank teller Girly Chew, 36, told her boss. The Malaysian-born beauty lived in mortal fear of her pathologically deranged husband and had taken out a restraining order against him. She was late for work for the first - and last - time on September 10, 1999. Her bloodstained clothes were found near a lonely stretch of desert highway. Chew's estranged spouse was an unrepentant scam artist with a terrifying violent streak. Born Armando Chavez, Jr. in Texas, he changed his name to Diazien Hossencofft and said he was from Switzerland. Claiming to be a surgeon and DNA expert with an anti-aging formula, he conned a woman dying of cancer out of nearly a half-million dollars. While married, he conducted numerous affairs - even managing to wangle sole custody of the infant son he fathered with one of his mistresses. Nursing a sick obsession with his wife while exerting Manson-like control over his girlfriend/accomplice, UFO fanatic Linda Henning, 47, Hossencofft set the stage for Girly Chew's murder and followed through on his plan with sadistic enthusiasm.
About the author: Mark Horner is the author of the true crime thriller September Sacrifice. He has won numerous awards for his work as a television journalist, including his investigative reporting on the David Parker Ray “Sex Torture” case in Elephant Butte, New Mexico. Horner’s appeared on Dateline NBC, Investigation Discovery’s I’d Kill for You and Sins and Secrets, Oxygen’s Snapped, TruTV’s The Investigators and several other programs. He has also been a guest lecturer at the University of New Mexico where he shared his experiences reporting from Ground Zero, Pennsylvania and the The Pentagon during the days that followed the September 11th terrorist attacks. Horner has worked as a journalist in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Tucson, Arizona and Yakima, Washington.
