Kids Who Kill: Case 1: Joshua Phillips

"We taught our girls to pray every day. What we didn't know was that the devil himself had moved in right across the street." When Maddie Clifton returns to her house that afternoon to find golf balls, she has no idea when she meets her neighbor and friend, 14-year-old Josh Phillips, that he is going to kill her. Within minutes, Maddie Clifton is dead. After a week, a lingering, putrid smell is coming from under his waterbed. How is it possible neither of his parents notice the distinct smell of decomposing flesh? Who is the real Joshua Phillips? There is a dark side to this young teenager that shocks the community to the core. He is a burglar, a thief, a destroyer of property, a possible sexual deviant and a murderer. He pleads that Maddie's murder was a terrible mistake. But was it? There is a lot more to this macabre murder. The Kids who Kill series is written by the bestselling author and researcher, Kathryn McMaster. This nonfiction true crime series covers murder cases of young killers. If you enjoy books by Anne Rule, Jack Rosewood and Kathryn Casey you will enjoy this author's books. Kathryn McMaster specializes in true crime and unsolved murder cases while digging deep to explore the dark side of the human mind.