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She Was Perfect: The Unpunished Murder of Patricia Ann Rebholz
This is a non-linear montage of facts, opinions, related
details, and seemingly unrelated commentary. It is not straight
reporting. Straight reporting about the crime exists in other
locations.
On Thursday evening, August 8, 1963, a pretty and popular 15-year-
old high school cheerleader was beaten to death in one of the safest
communities in America.
The author, 15 at the time and a friend of the victim, was at the crime
scene moments before the girl was murdered.
She Was Perfect re-examines the sensational murder of Patricia Ann
Rebholz in Greenhills, a village in southwest Ohio. It was a crime that
shocked and fascinated the region and one that continues to be discussed
to this day.
The author was on his way home when he saw two people, one reclining, one
kneeling, in a residential backyard in his own neighborhood. Neither of them
moved or made a sound.
The following day, Patricia's body was discovered not far from where Smith
had seen the two individuals. She had been strangled then beaten to death
with a fence post.
Craig Marshall Smith's interview with investigators on August 9, 1963,
is here, and so is the interview Michael Wehrung, Patricia's then-boyfriend,
gave later that same day.
Wehrung went on trial for Patricia's murder in 2001.
Additional chapters were provided by Mark Piepmeier, the Hamilton
County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney who prosecuted the case in 2001;
Jim Hughes, author of Patty and Michael ; and Ken Faig Jr., one of Patricia's
classmates, who offers a brief history of Greenhills.
Smith's interview with 15-year-old Chloe Dunn, a high school cheerleader,
gives She Was Perfect a contemporary frame of reference.
Finally, after almost sixty years, Smith expresses his opinion about the
killer's identity.
details, and seemingly unrelated commentary. It is not straight
reporting. Straight reporting about the crime exists in other
locations.
On Thursday evening, August 8, 1963, a pretty and popular 15-year-
old high school cheerleader was beaten to death in one of the safest
communities in America.
The author, 15 at the time and a friend of the victim, was at the crime
scene moments before the girl was murdered.
She Was Perfect re-examines the sensational murder of Patricia Ann
Rebholz in Greenhills, a village in southwest Ohio. It was a crime that
shocked and fascinated the region and one that continues to be discussed
to this day.
The author was on his way home when he saw two people, one reclining, one
kneeling, in a residential backyard in his own neighborhood. Neither of them
moved or made a sound.
The following day, Patricia's body was discovered not far from where Smith
had seen the two individuals. She had been strangled then beaten to death
with a fence post.
Craig Marshall Smith's interview with investigators on August 9, 1963,
is here, and so is the interview Michael Wehrung, Patricia's then-boyfriend,
gave later that same day.
Wehrung went on trial for Patricia's murder in 2001.
Additional chapters were provided by Mark Piepmeier, the Hamilton
County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney who prosecuted the case in 2001;
Jim Hughes, author of Patty and Michael ; and Ken Faig Jr., one of Patricia's
classmates, who offers a brief history of Greenhills.
Smith's interview with 15-year-old Chloe Dunn, a high school cheerleader,
gives She Was Perfect a contemporary frame of reference.
Finally, after almost sixty years, Smith expresses his opinion about the
killer's identity.
204 pages, Paperback
Published April 20, 2022
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September 5, 2023
If you are interested in the Murder of Patty Rebholz you should read this book. Craig wrote another book about the murder and that one was poorly written. This one was a lot better and for the most part stuck to the facts of the case.
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