Kyrie
Look. I listen to a LOT of true crime. I've desensitized myself to a lot of things. But there's a section where Dan Lafferty is describing what he and Ron did that I just couldn't listen to. I had to skip over it, because it was too horrific, and too heartbreaking.
The book splits itself into three different (yet relevant) narratives - the founding of the LDS church and its subsequent fundamentalist branch, modern (at the time) coverage of those fundamentalist groups and their focus on plural marriage, and how they all factored into the murder of Brenda Lafferty and her infant daughter.
The history is definitely interesting, but it left me more angry than anything else.
I do want to shout out the doctor on the prosecution's side though, who, when being asked why he didn't believe that Ron Lafferty was mentally ill, said, "You want to know how I know he isn't schizophrenic? Because he has books in his cell. He is able to pick and choose pieces from what he's read, and discuss them reasonably with other people. A person with schizophrenia suffering from delusions would not be able to focus enough to retain information and then discuss it in such a straightforward manner."
mic drop 🎤
Look. I listen to a LOT of true crime. I've desensitized myself to a lot of things. But there's a section where Dan Lafferty is describing what he and Ron did that I just couldn't listen to. I had to skip over it, because it was too horrific, and too heartbreaking.
The book splits itself into three different (yet relevant) narratives - the founding of the LDS church and its subsequent fundamentalist branch, modern (at the time) coverage of those fundamentalist groups and their focus on plural marriage, and how they all factored into the murder of Brenda Lafferty and her infant daughter.
The history is definitely interesting, but it left me more angry than anything else.
I do want to shout out the doctor on the prosecution's side though, who, when being asked why he didn't believe that Ron Lafferty was mentally ill, said, "You want to know how I know he isn't schizophrenic? Because he has books in his cell. He is able to pick and choose pieces from what he's read, and discuss them reasonably with other people. A person with schizophrenia suffering from delusions would not be able to focus enough to retain information and then discuss it in such a straightforward manner."
mic drop 🎤
