Download Trout: A True Story of Murder, Teens, and the Death Penalty AudioBook Free
On a cool Pensacola nights in January 1991, just a short while before midnight, three teens pulled up to the Trout Automobile Parts store. Patrick Bonifay, his body coursing with adrenaline, entered the store clad in a ski mask hauling a loaded weapon, intent on carrying out a poorly laid plan. Little did he know that it was his life - as well as the lives of his companions - that was about to be forever transformed. Bonifay, Clifford Barth, and Eddie Fordham were appointed to get rid of Daniel Wells by Robin Archer, who blamed Wells for sacrificing his job nine months prior. The plan was orchestrated by the then-27-year-old Archer, who allegedly promised his 17-year-old nephew, Patrick, a suitcase packed with money after the job was done. But Wells had called in ill that nights, and an innocent man was covering his transfer. In this surprising and thought-provoking level, Jeff Kunerth recounts the incidents of this fateful nights, the swift analysis of the murder, the studies and sentencing of the young adults, and their succeeding lives within the Florida court and penal systems. Kunerth uses the storyplot of the Trout Automobile Parts murder and the lives of the boys to explore differing aspects of troubled adolescence, impulsive actions lasting but occasions, and the national trend of attempting juveniles as individuals in court. These were boys every teen can identify with and circumstances every father or mother fears. Their report provides a troubling, sad, and convincing inside look at the dynamics of individuals - not yet individuals, but no more children - who commit senseless, impulsive crimes. Trout is the fact that rare book that is constantly on the haunt you long after you've completed reading it.
