Summary of Ann Rule's If You Really Loved Me

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 Orange County, California, is a prime example of how the American Dream can manifest itself in very different ways in different parts of the country. It is wealthy and high tech, with a population that is predominantly Republican.

#2 Life in Orange County is good. The median household income is $50,000 a year. The median-priced home sells for close to $250,000. There are six houses on either side of Ocean Breeze Drive, all constructed in the 1960s and identical except for color and trim.

#3 Halligan arrived at the house and heard a radio transmission that the victim was in the bedroom, but he had no information about a suspect. He instructed the man and woman on the couch to wait there, and moved toward the bedroom to check on the victim.

#4 The police had to have a picture of the woman on the bed, as it might be the only tangible proof they had later of how she had been found. The officers estimated her age as teens to early twenties.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669384427

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Insights on Ann Rule's If You Really Loved Me

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Orange County, California, is a prime example of how the American Dream can manifest itself in very different ways in different parts of the country. It is wealthy and high tech, with a population that is predominantly Republican.

#2

Life in Orange County is good. The median household income is $50,000 a year. The median-priced home sells for close to $250,000. There are six houses on either side of Ocean Breeze Drive, all constructed in the 1960s and identical except for color and trim.

#3

Halligan arrived at the house and heard a radio transmission that the victim was in the bedroom, but he had no information about a suspect. He instructed the man and woman on the couch to wait there, and moved toward the bedroom to check on the victim.

#4

The police had to have a picture of the woman on the bed, as it might be the only tangible proof they had later of how she had been found. The officers estimated her age as teens to early twenties.

#5

The woman was pronounced dead at Fountain Valley Community Hospital at five A. M. Cause of death was clear: two bullet wounds in her chest.

#6

The investigation began after a 911 call was made from the house at 12551 Ocean Breeze Drive, reporting a murder. It was more difficult to deal with somehow, when the victim had died in her own home where she had every reason to feel safe.

#7

On March 19, 1985, Garden Grove police officer Fred McLean was assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman who had been shot dead at the Fountain Valley trauma center. The living room was packed with furniture and decorations, and every flat surface was covered with knick-knacks.

#8

McLean walked through the house, noting how everything was brand-new. The family living there had enough money to buy whatever they liked, or the credit to charge it. He slipped the empty prescription pill bottles into evidence bags and labeled them.

#9

The investigators knew that two adults, two teenagers, and a baby girl had lived in the house up to the wee hours of the morning, apparently in a family unit of some sort. They did not know their connections to one another.

#10

When McLean spoke with David Brown, he sounded like a radio or television announcer. He had a deep baritone speaking voice, and he answered McLean’s questions easily and with authority. He was not vague about what had happened.

#11

The day before the shooting, David Brown had been pulled in many directions. His wife was irritable, and he was driving home on a rainy day with two arguing teenagers. He stopped to pick up some fast food so everyone would be happy.

#12

David Brown, so troubled by a minor argument with his wife that he could not sleep, had been away from his home for only an hour or so when he returned to find stark horror inside his house. Patti Bailey, holding Krystal, met him.

#13

The family said that Cinnamon was difficult and stubborn. She didn’t get along with anyone, and she had started talking about killing herself in January.

#14

The teenager that detectives spoke with, Cinnamon, sounded like a very disturbed young woman. She had a father who loved her, but she was very rebellious and sarcastic toward Linda and David. She asked Patti Bailey if she could sleep on her cot in the Bailey house.

#15

After the third shot, Patti ran to her room and locked the door. She heard a quiet knock on the front door. It was David. She told him about the gunshots and Cinnamon's gun.

#16

The police conducted GSR tests on David and Patricia Brown, and found that their palms had residue from