Death Takes a Holiday

The true crime buff on your gift list doesn't have to take a holiday from her gruesome hobby when she unwraps The Christmas Day Murders, by Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith and Dr. Dana Adams. Sheriff Smith signs copies of his book—about a Tyler teenager who killed her parents on...

By Glenna Whitley

December 7, 2006

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The true crime buff on your gift list doesn't have to take a holiday from her gruesome hobby when she unwraps The Christmas Day Murders, by Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith and Dr. Dana Adams. Sheriff Smith signs copies of his book—about a Tyler teenager who killed her parents on December 25, 1999—7 p.m. Thursday at Borders, 2403 S. Stemmons Freeway in Lewisville (972-459-2321), and 7 p.m. Friday at Borders, 2709 N. Mesquite Drive in Mesquite (972-279-5203).
Fri., Dec. 8, 7 p.m.

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