Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder
Leslie Walker
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1984 · Annapolis, Maryland
Robert & Kathryn Swartz
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Robert and Kathryn Swartz were killed in their home near Annapolis in January 1984. Their adopted son Larry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The family history became the subject of Leslie Walker’s book Sudden Fury and a television adaptation.
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Sudden Fury — contemporary book review
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