Rivers of Blood

by Robert Scott

The controversial true story of how Dale Wayne Eaton abducted Lisa Kimmell, raped and tortured her for a week, and then murdered her. He managed to elude law enforcement for more than a decade until forensic scientists were able to identify him as the killer. Original.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Biography

342 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2009

About the author

Robert Scott was an investigative journalist and crime expert.

Reviews

[BAM IS BACK!]

Why are the majority of serial killers known with their middle name? It adds another dynamic to the “name your baby” test i stringently recommend.
1. Yell your newborn’s name like he’s playing outside and it’s dinner time but he’s not coming home. If it’s yellable keep it.
2. Say your baby’s name including the middle name. Don’t yell it just make sure it sounds like he’ll never show up in the newspapers for hiding corpses in his crawl space.
3. WHATEVER YOU DO—NEVER USE THE MIDDLE NAME WAYNE!! Look up the statistics! However if you would like a T-shirt like mine hit up candi on Etsy. It states-“my middle name is Wayne.” One day someone is going to know what that means.
Serial killer tip #21 always here to help

[Amy Flink]

I remember the Lil Miss case from Unsolved Mysteries, my fave show in the 80's. I always wondered what happened to this girl. This book was really good, except for the ending. The last couple chapters were sooooo booooring!!! The closing arguments, in my opinion, were a waste of paper and time, which could have been spent explaining more about the other missing and/or murdered girls that the author had talked about (some of which may have also been linked to Dale Eaton, who had killed Lil Miss Lisa Marie Kimmell. Then the ending barely even wraps it up but cuts off very abruptly and hardly explains what happens, only hinting Eaton's involvement in the other cases...Not a very satisfying ending. The photos were interesting but blurry.

[Jenn]

The Murder of Lil Miss by Sheila Kimmel is a much better story. However, this had more information about the trial and subsequent appeals. The spookiest part of the story is being from Riverton and now living in Casper, I've stopped at Waltman Rest Area millions of times. I don't stop there alone anymore.

Unsolved Mysteries always scared me because I thought the bad guys were hiding outside my window. And at least this time, he wasn't too far from that. Amy Bechtel disappeared the summer before my senior year and one of the ladies they think he murdered lived right across the street from my elementary school.

[Angel]

Quick impressions: an account of Lisa Kimmel's murder up near Billings, Montana in the late 1980s. Case took 15 years or so to solve by which time DNA evidence tech improved and her murderer was identified. Book can be fairly interesting, but it does bog down a lot once it gets to the trial. As a trivia note, this case was featured in the television show "Unsolved Mysteries."

(Full review on my blog later)

[Mrs Julie]

A very good book

This is an excellent read for true crime fans. Was a real page turned and one of my favourite authors.

[Micky Lee]

A BAD MAN INDEED

[Heather]

wasn't bad. read it because its true crime and the prosecuter was my boyfriend's step father and it was interesting to be able to discuss case from insiders point of view.

[barbara]

It amazes me how screwed up some people are. Good book about another serial murder