Book Signing with Justin Dombrowski

Local crime readers have been waiting for Justin Dombrowski's new release! He will be at the store signing his highly anticipated book Erie's Backyard Strangler.On a cold morning in December 1960, 60-year-old Laura Mutch was found strangled behind a house in downtown Erie....

At a time when the Gem City was at its peak, including a triumphant run for the coveted 'All-American City' award, the murder created a pandemonium. As the investigation progressed, attacks on women in and around the city of Erie continued, sending citizens - and seasoned investigators - to the brink of total chaos. Infamous attacks such as the brutal stabbing of 72-year-old Clara Carrig, the attempted strangling and knifing of Helen Knost and the strangling murders of Mary Lynn Crotty and Eleanor Free caused women to lock their doors and avoid the streets at night. The arrest of truck driver John Howard Willman in September 1963…