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Before He Wakes

a true story of money, marriage, sex, and murder

by Jerry Bledsoe

368 pages · 1994

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When devoted mother and loving wife Barbara Stager "accidentally" shot her husband, Durham, North Carolina police were inclined to believe her--until they learned that her first husband had died in the same way ten years earlier. Detective Rick Buchanan's relentless investigation into Stager's life revealed a stunning vortex of compulsive lying, obsessive spending, and sexual promiscuity. Photos.

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