Rampage 1982

About the Book

"THE AFTERMATH" to Rampage 1982 highlights the investigation of the retribution murders of three of the convicted 1982 felons who had served their thirty years of incarceration and were released in 2012. On Memorial Day, 2013 their mutilated bodies were discovered artfully nailed to three Oak trees in the parking lot of what is now, the Old Westbury Diner, the very site of their long forgotten carnage, deliberately, on the thirty first anniversary of that barbaric 1982 night. Driven by duty and ego, Detective Lieutenant Patricia McAvoy uses all of the assets and experience of her Homicide Squad South veterans to solve this macabre triple murder. She zeros in on the most damaged victims of the 1982 mayhem who were either robbed, raped, sodomized, shot, seriously assaulted or mentally affected. Disregarding a lack of public sympathy for the murdered trio, she relentlessly builds the case against her leading suspects and ultimately prompts the Nassau County District Attorney to indict the "sadistic six" she is convinced are guilty of the murders. As the investigation proceeds, salient facts are unearthed that ensure the murder trial is not a "slam dunk." Corkscrew twists and turns abundantly abound, leading to a bizarre finale which begs the question as to who really were the avengers of the 1982 savage crime spree?

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS B.D. Renard, (a pseudonym) a native New Yorker, Army veteran, and retired businessman, has a personal and emotional interest in the story, as his daughter, home from college, began her first night as the hostess in what was then the Sea Crest Diner on that fateful evening in May of 1982. Fortunately, she was not one of the physically abused, but like all victims, had the trauma indelibly branded into her psyche. A widower. Renard currently resides in Long Beach NY. The "AFTERMATH" is his sixth writing endeavor. J.F. Nolan is also a native New Yorker. Following service in the US Marine Corps, he server in the Nassau County, NY, Police Department for twenty-four years, with fourteen years as a supervisor in the Detective Division. Nolan completed his last nine years in the Homicide Squad. Promoted to Lieutenant of Detectives, Nolan became the Homicide Squad Commander where he oversaw several hundred murder investigations. He also resides on Long Island with his wife, Gundie. The Rampage Sequel is his 6th novel. Together, the co-authors have produced a novel, based on the true story, but significantly fictionalized, to allow the reader to experience the driving needs of six victims of that night to wreak vengeance on the perpetrators. Epilogue Collaborating for the third time, the co-authors have produced a novel, based on a true story... the 1982 Rampage by five predators who were finally brought to justice. In "THE AFTERMATH...2013-2015," employing their fictional character, ADA Eugene Dempsey, they put forth their case for updating the legal meaning of JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.