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This 6 page report discusses the 1989 book, Reasonable Doubt: A
True Story of Lust and Murder in the American Heartland, written by radio reporter
Steve Vogel. In it, Vogel tells the story of the 1983 murder (which Vogel covered) of the
murders of Susan Hendricks and her three children, Benjamin (5), Grace (7) and Rebekah
(9). The person found guilty of the crime was David Hendricks -- Susan's husband and
the children's father. Vogel establishes a plausible argument that there was most certainly
"reasonable doubt" regarding Hendricks guilt. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWrdoubt.rtf
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Add the victims husband and father as the primary murder suspect and it becomes the sort of story that holds something of a sick fascination for the general public. How
could a 29-year old and apparently religious man do such a thing? In the case of the Hendricks family of Bloomington, Illinois, the story is one that demonstrates layers upon
layers of possibilities related to the murder and most appear to point to David Hendricks as having murdered his wife, Susan (a woman he had been married to since he
was 18), and their three children, Benjamin (5), Grace (7) and Rebekah (9). In the 1989 book, Reasonable Doubt: A True Story of Lust and Murder in the American
Heartland, written by radio reporter Steve Vogel, the story of the 1983 murder (which Vogel covered) is presented and the facts related to the case outlined. David Hendricks was convicted
of the crime and sentenced to life in prison. However, Vogel establishes a plausible argument that there was most certainly "reasonable doubt" regarding Hendricks guilt. David Hendricks was granted
a retrial after the Illinois Supreme Court overturned his convictions. They based that decision on the fact that prosecutors had presented improper evidence at the trial. Hendricks was ultimately acquitted
of the crime and released from prison in 1991. November 7, 1983 In t he introduction to Reasonable Doubt, Vogel explains: "Neighbors, friends, and relatives knew David Hendricks as
a loving father who was never known to physically discipline his children and who had been hoping to adopt a child" (pp. viii). But he then explains that the police
believed that Hendricks as somebody whose "marriage had gone stale" and who had "wanted to dispose of his wife, yet preserve his prominent standing in an obscure religious group that
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