Summary of M. William Phelps's Death Trap

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#1 On February 15, 2002, as the ten o’clock hour came to pass, Joan Bates was stressed and worried. Her middle child, Alan, who was supposed to have arrived in Marietta from downtown Birmingham hours ago, had not shown up. The day before, Alan had flown from his home in Frederick, Maryland, into Alabama to give a deposition in a child custody matter he was pursuing.

#2 The Bates were anxious because they knew Alan usually called and said he was on his way, but he never did. They believed something was wrong, and they called law enforcement.

#3 The case became known to the HPD from that point on as a routine overdue motorist call. People didn’t show up where they were supposed to. The cops conducted a quick drive-by or knocked on the door.

#4 When McDonald arrived at the house, he found a note on the door asking him to come around to the back door. He knocked on the door, but heard nothing. He walked to the garage and could not see inside because of the materials covering the windows.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822552623

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Insights from Chapter 5

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#1

On February 15, 2002, as the ten o’clock hour came to pass, Joan Bates was stressed and worried. Her middle child, Alan, who was supposed to have arrived in Marietta from downtown Birmingham hours ago, had not shown up. The day before, Alan had flown from his home in Frederick, Maryland, into Alabama to give a deposition in a child custody matter he was pursuing.

#2

The Bates were anxious because they knew Alan usually called and said he was on his way, but he never did. They believed something was wrong, and they called law enforcement.

#3

The case became known to the HPD from that point on as a routine overdue motorist call. People didn’t show up where they were supposed to. The cops conducted a quick drive-by or knocked on the door.

#4

When McDonald arrived at the house, he found a note on the door asking him to come around to the back door. He knocked on the door, but heard nothing. He walked to the garage and could not see inside because of the materials covering the windows.

#5

On February 16, 2002, four friends traveled to Rutledge, Georgia, to attend a chicken show. They were on their way to South Carolina when they noticed a light in the distance. It was a car on fire in the woods. They called the sheriff, who said it was a rural area and that there would be big problems if the fire spread.

#6

Rutledge is a small town in Georgia, halfway between Atlanta and Augusta. It is a quiet area that has been a dumping ground for murdered bodies for some reason.

#7

When Williams arrived at the scene, he was relieved to see that the Rutledge Fire Department had already extinguished most of the fire. The ground was smoking and hot, but the car was still recognizable. It had turned white due to the excessive heat and flames. The inside and outside of the car were completely destroyed, blackened and charred.

#8

The sheriff went to the scene and saw the remains of a burned human body. He believed he was looking at the remains of a male and a female, or a man and a child. He warned the area was to be crime-scene