In the Arms of Evil

Download or read book In the Arms of Evil written by Carlton Smith and published by St. Martin's True Crime. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Jean Siegel of Maryland became addicted to gambling during her first marriage. Sneaking off to Atlantic City--and sinking deeper and deeper into debt--she began stealing identities, conning family members, and leaving two ex-husbands buried in bills. Then she sold cemetery plots door-to-door and met Jack Watkins, a man thirty years her senior. He not only bought a grave site from the attractive younger woman, he leased a car for her, sold his house and gave her the proceeds. But Nancy wanted more... Watkins' body was found in a steamer trunk near the Appalachian Trail. Half-naked and strangled, he remained unidentified for more than six years. Meanwhile, Nancy cashed his Social Security checks and opened new lines of credit under his name. By the time the police tracked her down, she had committed bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and more. New York Times bestselling author Carlton Smith takes you inside the greed, the gambling, and one gruesome murder--to question the very nature of evil...