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This review will contain some spoilers below, but I will warn if you wish to stop reading. If you are thinking about reading this book, I would like you to consider a few things before you do. The author of this book was a friend of one of the murder victims. There are some personal stories about their relationship that do not really pertain to the case, which is not typically what I go for in a true crime book. I prefer an outsider's presentation of the facts of the case. With that being said, I do think the author put in a great deal of time and effort to research the people involved in the book and try to piece together what happened to her friend. A lot of this book is tedious and unnecessary and seems to have been written as an information or thought dump. The book could have done with a great deal more editing. I am disappointed I used an Audible credit for this, but it did keep me entertained at work. Also, prepare to be extremely annoyed at the lack of police effort presented in this book and shady doings by law enforcement, because I sure was. If you do not wish to know anything else about this book, STOP NOW.
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This book discusses the brutal murders of three men: Brendan Mess, Raphael Teken, and Erik Weissman. The three were at the apartment of Brendan, watching a sports game on September 11, 2011. The men were discovered by the girlfriend of Brendan, on September 12. The men were found to have had their throats slit nearly to the point of decapitation. There are several interesting facts, which offer some clues to the reason behind their deaths. They were known to be involved in marijuana, and were also known to keep large amounts of cash from their marijuana dealings. Could this have been a drug deal gone wrong? Maybe...anything is possible. However, the author of this book presents some interesting information that leads in a slightly different direction. Perhaps these men were murdered because someone needed money and knew they had it. Brendan was friends with a man called Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a man who was Islamic and becoming increasingly fanatical. Tamerlan once described Brendan as his best friend, but perhaps grew to despise his Jewish heritage. It is suspected that Tamerlan and another man by the name of Ibragim Todashev were responsible for the murders. Tamerlan and his brother, Dzhokhar, would go on to commit the Boston Marathon Bombings the following year.
There are plenty of people who can attest to the relationship between Brendan and Tamerlan. Tamerlan would have had intimate knowledge of the business that Brendan had and the amount of cash he kept in his home. Tamerlan would also be in need of money to fund his terrorist plot. Some of this information seems very plausible. It also doesn't seem like a far leap to think that someone who could commit a terrorist attack would not also be capable of killing someone else before or after doing that. Unfortunately, both suspects in the triple homicide are dead themselves, thus the case remains a mystery as of yet.
**************SPOILERS AHEAD***********TURN BACK************
This book discusses the brutal murders of three men: Brendan Mess, Raphael Teken, and Erik Weissman. The three were at the apartment of Brendan, watching a sports game on September 11, 2011. The men were discovered by the girlfriend of Brendan, on September 12. The men were found to have had their throats slit nearly to the point of decapitation. There are several interesting facts, which offer some clues to the reason behind their deaths. They were known to be involved in marijuana, and were also known to keep large amounts of cash from their marijuana dealings. Could this have been a drug deal gone wrong? Maybe...anything is possible. However, the author of this book presents some interesting information that leads in a slightly different direction. Perhaps these men were murdered because someone needed money and knew they had it. Brendan was friends with a man called Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a man who was Islamic and becoming increasingly fanatical. Tamerlan once described Brendan as his best friend, but perhaps grew to despise his Jewish heritage. It is suspected that Tamerlan and another man by the name of Ibragim Todashev were responsible for the murders. Tamerlan and his brother, Dzhokhar, would go on to commit the Boston Marathon Bombings the following year.
There are plenty of people who can attest to the relationship between Brendan and Tamerlan. Tamerlan would have had intimate knowledge of the business that Brendan had and the amount of cash he kept in his home. Tamerlan would also be in need of money to fund his terrorist plot. Some of this information seems very plausible. It also doesn't seem like a far leap to think that someone who could commit a terrorist attack would not also be capable of killing someone else before or after doing that. Unfortunately, both suspects in the triple homicide are dead themselves, thus the case remains a mystery as of yet.