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6/10/2009
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Special to The New Criminologist: An Interview with Gary Taylor, Author of Luggage by Kroger
Column—UP AGAINST THE BOOK SHELF
An Interview with Gary Taylor, Author of Luggage by Kroger
By Ron Chepesiuk, Contributing Writer
For Gary Taylor, Houston Texas journalist, writing his award winning true crime memoir, Luggage by Kroger, was truly personal. In 1981 Catherine Mehaffey, a real life femme fatale, tried to kill Taylor. Mehaffey claimed self-defense, but she was tried and found guilty of attempted murder. The verdict was overturn on appeal, but in 1983 she agreed to probation for aggravated assault.
Catherine Mehaffey poses in 1981 for the cover of Westward magazine, the Sunday supplement for the old Dallas Times Herald, nearly a year after her conviction in Houston for the attempted murder of Gary Taylor.
Like any good journalist, Taylor has turned his near death experience into a fascinating and riveting true crime tale. …
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