Man, 35, Charged in Double Slaying: The Domino Effect of Addiction

Shelly Meyer was born in the small town of Beaver Dam Wisconsin in 1956 to an abusive mother and a violent, alcoholic father. The many stories told by her in this memoir paint a vivid picture of the effects of substance abuse and the consequences of the insanity it creates, including the years that led to the murder that blew up her family in 1970. Coming from a small town meant that everyone knew Shelly's parents, Russell and Ruth Meyer, as drunks and undesirable. The shame of coming from ...