Slaying in South St. Louis: Justice Denied for Nancy Zanone

A loving mother. A teenage killer. "Plenty of lurid details and twists and turns . . . A story about the consequences of an overwhelmed justice system" (West End Word).

On a crisp December day in 1963, Nancy Zanone left her young son and daughter playing in the backyard while she went inside to check the laundry. She never came back. A troubled teen prowling for unlocked doors along Chippewa in South St. Louis surprised her in the kitchen and stabbed her to death. Despite Joseph Arbeiter'...