A force for evil

October 13, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, added William A. Krueger. Chief William A. Krueger served in law enforcement for 35 years. After retiring from the Lincoln Police Department (Illinois), he became the chief of police of the Salem Police Department (Illinois). Chief Krueger earned a BS degree in education and is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation national academy. Additionally, he is a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.

“A Force for Evil: Assassination in a Small Town” is the true story of the Fry Murder Case, which occurred in Lincoln (Illinois) in the summer of 1976. According to the book, “it is a reflection on the crime of murder: how murder affected the community, the families of the victims and how the crime was solved. The story takes you from the time the killer was a child up to and including his commission of the crime, his arrest, trial, conviction an sentencing. It involves the process of the investigation as seen trhough the eyes of the author, who was one of the investigation detectives.”

Chief William A Krueger’s second book, “Between Moonlight and Murder: The Girl in the Blind Lane” is based on a true crime novel which occurred in Lincoln (Illinois) during the summer and fall of 1882.

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