Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets

Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets by Olsen, Gregg. Mass Market Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312982010.

On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boys body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as "Little Boy Blue," unclaimed and unidentified-- until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli Stutzman, the boys father. Eli Stutzman, the son of an Amish bishop, was by all appearances a dedicated farmer and family man in the countrys strictest religious sect. But behind his quiet façade was a man involved with pornography, sadomasochism, and drugs. After the suspicious death of his pregnant wife, Stutzman took his preschool-age son, Danny, and hit the road on a sexual odyssey ending with his conviction for murder. But the mystery of Eli Stutzman and the fate of his son didnt end on the barren Nebraska plains. It was just beginning. . . Gregg Olsens Abandoned Prayers is an incredible true story of murder and Amish secrets.