The Decision to Kill: A True Crime Story of a Teenage Killer and the Mother Who Loved Him
My special guest tonight is author Leslie Ghiglieri who's here to discuss her new book called The Decision To Kill: A True Crime Story of a Teenage Killer and the Mother Who Loved Him.
In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier’s life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her beloved husband. For years, Cherie grapples with events preceding and following the crime, struggling to overcome the consuming grief she suffers from her loss and the difficulty she faces as she attempts to forgive her son. The courtroom accounts of gruesome details and the shocking testimonies from experts, only add to Cherie’s yearning to make sense of the crime. She is tormented, wanting to know how and WHY this tragedy happened and if there was anything she could have done to prevent it . . .
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Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free, when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. was away at a sleepover on this particular night at a friend's house.
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And so that night, Don and Dwayne were home alone. And the following morning, Donnette came home from her sleepover and she was 10 at the time.
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She was born five years after they had adopted Dwayne. And she came into the home and discovered her dad murdered in his bed. Let me ask you something. Okay, you said she came home from a sleepover.
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Was she dropped off by a parent or was that somewhere in walking distance? They are out in a rural area.
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It's still very rural in the area where they were living at the time and a lot of distance between places, driving to town to get groceries, that kind of thing.
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And so she had slept at this friend's house and the Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting mysteriousradio.com.
