Summary of Christine McGuire & Carla Norton's Perfect Victim

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#1 Red Bluff is a small town in northern California that is the capital of Tehama County. It is a place with few secrets, as broken marriages, accidents, and affairs are big news. But it is a good place to raise a family.

#2 Colleen Stan, a 20-year-old college student, hitchhiked her way across America in 1977. She left Eugene, Oregon, that morning at about eleven, when her roommates Alice and Bob drove her to the freeway. She stood at the side of the road under the gray Eugene sky looking virtually indistinguishable from any number of hitchhikers.

#3 When you drive east on Highway 36, the fringes of Red Bluff soon fall behind. The road climbs past pastures into hills of oak strewn with chunks of lava as it heads toward Mt. Lassen, a dormant volcano that heaved off its mountaintop in 1914.

#4 The head box is a terrifying device that was used on Colleen. It is made of plywood and is about the size of a hatbox, but it is surprisingly heavy. It is suffocatingly hot and claustrophobic, and it muffles all sound.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822533523

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Insights on Christine McGuire & Carla Norton's Perfect Victim

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Red Bluff is a small town in northern California that is the capital of Tehama County. It is a place with few secrets, as broken marriages, accidents, and affairs are big news. But it is a good place to raise a family.

#2

Colleen Stan, a 20-year-old college student, hitchhiked her way across America in 1977. She left Eugene, Oregon, that morning at about eleven, when her roommates Alice and Bob drove her to the freeway. She stood at the side of the road under the gray Eugene sky looking virtually indistinguishable from any number of hitchhikers.

#3

When you drive east on Highway 36, the fringes of Red Bluff soon fall behind. The road climbs past pastures into hills of oak strewn with chunks of lava as it heads toward Mt. Lassen, a dormant volcano that heaved off its mountaintop in 1914.

#4

The head box is a terrifying device that was used on Colleen. It is made of plywood and is about the size of a hatbox, but it is surprisingly heavy. It is suffocatingly hot and claustrophobic, and it muffles all sound.

#5

Colleen was kidnapped, and when she was brought down to the basement, she was alone with her kidnapper. He proceeded to rape her.

#6

Colleen was hanging from the ceiling, blindfolded, when she saw a magazine open to a picture of a naked woman hanging in the same position as her. It was too much for her to handle, and she began to cry. The man brought his wife down to hang out with him.

#7

She was in the basement of the house, caged in a head box, suffocating from the lack of air. She was terrified and in pain, but she couldn’t accept the truth of her situation. She cried bitterly into the head box, her breathing becoming a tortured panting.

#8

Colleen Stan was kidnapped, and when she got a ride out of Red Bluff with this couple, she fell into Cameron Hooker’s trap. She was held captive in a box in their basement, her arms chained above her head, her legs tied, and a spiny device between her