The Parable of the Knocker: The True Crime Story of a Prosecutor's Fight to Bring a Serial Killer to Justice

About this book

The Parable of the Knocker: The True Crime Story of a Prosecutors Fight to Bring a Serial Killer to Justice is a non-fiction book about the investigation prosecution and trial of a notorious serial killer Charles Severance. Severance committed his crimes in the City of Alexandria Virginia an affluent historic community just miles south of Washington D.C. Over the course of a decade Severance ambushed three outstanding Alexandria residents in their middle-class neighborhood by knocking on their front doors in broad daylight and shooting them unexpectedly when they answered the knock. Severance was not personally acquainted with any of his victims and instead selected his targets to revenge perceived wrongs and terrorize a community.