Almost Eleven: The Murder of Brenda Sue Sayers

Almost Eleven: The Murder of Brenda Sue Sayers by Crowson, Harrell Glenn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781460222287.

Almost Eleven is the documentation of the January 7, 1965 abduction, rape and murder of ten year-old Brenda Sue Sayers in the small town of Brawley, California. Imperial Valleys biggest crime is detailed through volumes of official records and interviews with witnesses, relatives and investigators. Serial killer Robert Eugene Pennington not only murdered Sayers, but was a suspect in killing Dorothy Minor-Hindman in Fresno and possibly fifteen other innocent victims from coast to coast including one victim attributed to the Boston Strangler. Extensive research provides the reader with details of Penningtons life before and after his encounter with Brenda.