The Charmer: The True Story of Robert Reldan
Serial rapist/murderer Robert Reldan a handsome, personable charmer of the Ted Bundy mold had an engaging, friendly smile, a smile that promised a charming personality and inspired trust. A smile that would, over the next 20 years, cause a dozen or more unsuspecting women to drop their guard and place themselves under the power of one of New Jersey's most ruthless criminals. Two of those women Susan Heynes, a nurse, and Susan Reeve, a recent college graduate achieved unwanted fame as victims in what a prominent newspaper would call "the Susan strangulations." Both were abducted within days of each otherHeynes from her home and Reeve after getting off a commuter bus. Their nude and battered bodies were soon discovered, also within days of each other, in Rockland County, NY, not far from the New Jersey border. Each had been strangled with her own pantyhose. While in prison awaiting trial for the Susan murders, Reldan tried to hire a hit man to kill his wealthy aunt, from whom he hoped to inherit money to retain a top criminal defense attorney. A jailhouse snitch ratted on Reldan, and authorities were able to substitute an undercover cop as the putative hit man. In an ironic twist of fate, Reldan, while serving life plus 30 years for the Heynes and Reeve murders, would become, briefly, the wealthiest lifer in the prison system. The aunt he'd tried to have killed still charmed by her beloved nephew and never believing he'd plotted to murder her left him an $8.9 million trust fund when she died in 2007. Arthur Reeve, father of victim Susan Reeve, would go after Reldan in the courts and, eventually, deprive him of his inheritance.
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The Charmer: The True Story of Robert Reldan
Serial rapist/murderer Robert Reldan a handsome, personable charmer of the Ted Bundy mold had an engaging, friendly smile, a smile that promised a charming personality and inspired trust. A smile that would, over the next 20 years, cause a dozen or more unsuspecting women to drop their guard and place themselves under the power of one of New Jersey's most ruthless criminals. Two of those women Susan Heynes, a nurse, and Susan Reeve, a recent college graduate achieved unwanted fame as victims in what a prominent newspaper would call "the Susan strangulations." Both were abducted within days of each otherHeynes from her home and Reeve after getting off a commuter bus. Their nude and battered bodies were soon discovered, also within days of each other, in Rockland County, NY, not far from the New Jersey border. Each had been strangled with her own pantyhose. While in prison awaiting trial for the Susan murders, Reldan tried to hire a hit man to kill his wealthy aunt, from whom he hoped to inherit money to retain a top criminal defense attorney. A jailhouse snitch ratted on Reldan, and authorities were able to substitute an undercover cop as the putative hit man. In an ironic twist of fate, Reldan, while serving life plus 30 years for the Heynes and Reeve murders, would become, briefly, the wealthiest lifer in the prison system. The aunt he'd tried to have killed still charmed by her beloved nephew and never believing he'd plotted to murder her left him an $8.9 million trust fund when she died in 2007. Arthur Reeve, father of victim Susan Reeve, would go after Reldan in the courts and, eventually, deprive him of his inheritance.
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The Charmer: The True Story of Robert Reldan

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Serial rapist/murderer Robert Reldan a handsome, personable charmer of the Ted Bundy mold had an engaging, friendly smile, a smile that promised a charming personality and inspired trust. A smile that would, over the next 20 years, cause a dozen or more unsuspecting women to drop their guard and place themselves under the power of one of New Jersey's most ruthless criminals. Two of those women Susan Heynes, a nurse, and Susan Reeve, a recent college graduate achieved unwanted fame as victims in what a prominent newspaper would call "the Susan strangulations." Both were abducted within days of each otherHeynes from her home and Reeve after getting off a commuter bus. Their nude and battered bodies were soon discovered, also within days of each other, in Rockland County, NY, not far from the New Jersey border. Each had been strangled with her own pantyhose. While in prison awaiting trial for the Susan murders, Reldan tried to hire a hit man to kill his wealthy aunt, from whom he hoped to inherit money to retain a top criminal defense attorney. A jailhouse snitch ratted on Reldan, and authorities were able to substitute an undercover cop as the putative hit man. In an ironic twist of fate, Reldan, while serving life plus 30 years for the Heynes and Reeve murders, would become, briefly, the wealthiest lifer in the prison system. The aunt he'd tried to have killed still charmed by her beloved nephew and never believing he'd plotted to murder her left him an $8.9 million trust fund when she died in 2007. Arthur Reeve, father of victim Susan Reeve, would go after Reldan in the courts and, eventually, deprive him of his inheritance.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780983754770
Publisher: Richard Muti
Publication date: 12/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

The Charmer is Richard Muti's third book after 19 years as a successful trial proscecutor. He is a sought professor teaching writing, American government and criminal justice. He is a former Navy pilot and city mayor. Charles Buckley ultimately prosecuted Robert Reldan with a brilliant 25-year career as a prosecutor and the front row seat which produced The Charmer.
Deputy Attorney General Charles Buckley tried cases the way he lived his life--as a nose-to-the-grindstone, blue-collar-type of guy, with all the best characteristics a working class background implies. He spent 25 years as one of New Jersey's top trial prosecutors, acting as a modern-day legal Paladin--have briefcase, will travel--and crisscrossing New Jersey to try the most difficult cases. Buckley put away the boss of the Philadelphia/Atlantic City crime family, as well as the capo in charge of the Hudson County waterfront. In New Jersey's first televised trial, he convicted a judge who accepted bribes to fix sentences. Other public officials felt Buckley's brand of justice: an official taking bribes to facilitate bridge and road construction; a mayor and planning board members taking bribes from developers; and a Hudson County police chief, Passaic County detective, and two City of Paterson cops--all convicted for misconduct involving organized crime.
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