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    The Iowa Kid: The Murdered Family
    The Iowa Kid: The Murdered Family
    The Iowa Kid: The Murdered Family
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    The Iowa Kid: The Murdered Family

    By Merle L. Case

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    Randy Allen was only 12 years old, but here he had a rifle in his hand and a dead body at his feet. The smile on his face was a smile of triumph and satisfaction.
    Seven men had killed his mother, father, and sister before his eyes. The two women were raped many times before they were murdered. Now the son who witnessed it all would find justice in the guns he carried.
    I have read many stories of the hard life early Americans had to overcome in order to settle the untamed west. All too often the children suffered the direst situations imaginable. This is a story about that unfairness and how one boy had to rise above it to become a man much before his time.
    I write this book in remembrance of my cousin Freddy Welder of Madrid, Iowa.
    His love was his wife Gloria, his mother, brother Don, his kids and grandchildren. He loved to work the farm and on cars.
    They were a very big part of his life as he was to them. He died last year of2010 around 8:00 at night. His pickup collided into the back of a gain truck in the dark and the grain truck had no lights on.
    He was going to pick up pizza, one of his favorite foods. He never made it. After
    the accident he talked to his wife and told her he would be alright. But he wasn't.
    WE MISS YOU FREDDY.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 30, 2013
    ISBN9781483673837
    The Iowa Kid: The Murdered Family
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    Merle L. Case

    I am a 61 year old semi retired general contractor in and around Des Moines, Iowa. I am semiretired because of a disability. I have been writing books for many years and it was just for fun and family. Now due to my disabilities, I have to rely on my writing. I look forward to a better life as a writer. Friends and family say that my books are quite good and that I should share them with the world. I have five children and twelve grand children, two great and two more great on the way. Everyday is an adventure that I choose not to miss.

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