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While Kim Crespi was getting a haircut, her husband David murdered their five-year-old twin daughters during a game of hide and seek. In the aftermath, family, friends, and even David have more questions than answers. In 2005, Kim Crespi had what she later described as "the perfect life." She and her husband, David-a gentle giant of a man, devoutly religious, a loving father, and a proven star in the world of finance-had five healthy, happy children. No one, least of all Kim, ever suspected that the life the Crespis had lovingly woven together could be destroyed in less than forty minutes.
In
Medication, Mental Illness, and Murder, author Edward L. Jones III chronicles David Crespi's struggles with insomnia and depression, the role SSRI antidepressants may have played in the killings, and Kim's unimaginable journey of trauma, suffering, and eventual forgiveness as documented by her journal entries.
Using letters and other forms of personal communications with David, plus excerpts from scholarly articles and more, Jones takes readers on a journey into the dark heart of psychosis, of North Carolina's penal and mental health systems, and of Big Pharma.
List of contents
Disclaimer
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part I: Inferno, 2006
Chapter One: "I Had the Perfect Life."
Chapter Two: "I Just Killed My Two Daughters."
Chapter Three: "We Will Stand as Advocates for Light."
Chapter Four: "God, Where Is My Husband?"
Chapter Five: Home Alone
Chapter Six: The Death Sentence for David?
Chapter Seven: Who Was the Real David Crespi?
Chapter Eight: The Road to Damascus
Chapter Nine:
The Oprah Winfrey Show Devotes an Hour to the Crespi Case
Part II: Purgatorio, 2007-2013
Chapter Ten: The Ties That Bind
Chapter Eleven: Big Pharma's Big Lies, Part I
Chapter Twelve: Withdrawal
Chapter Thirteen: A History of Antidepressants
Chapter Fourteen: A Tale of Two Countries, Part I
Chapter Fifteen: Pills, Lies, and Videotape
Part III: Hoping Against Hope, 2014-Present
Chapter Sixteen: A Devastating Diagnosis
Chapter Seventeen: Big Pharma's Big Lies, Part II
Chapter Eighteen: SSRIs, RIP?
Chapter Nineteen: A Tale of Two Countries, Part II
Chapter Twenty: Still, She Persists-In Holding on to Hope
Afterword: Should SSRIs Be Banned?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
Edward L. Jones III has been an award-winning writer in advertising and higher education. During his ad career, Ed won over 350 awards for creativity. In his time away from advertising, Ed served as a community columnist for the Charlotte Observer.
Summary
This true story of a 2006 family tragedy takes readers into the heart of psychosis related to SSRI antidepressants.
