Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Acclaimed Author Renews Fight for Answers to Daughter’s Murder
Acclaimed
Author Renews Fight for Answers to Daughter’s Murder
New Book
“One to the Wolves: On the Trail of a Killer” Opens New Powder Keg
ALBUQUERQUE (Aug. 20, 2013)—When acclaimed author Lois
Duncan’s first book about her daughter’s 1989 murder in Albuquerque came out,
it uncovered scenarios that involved Asian crime activities and police
cover-ups. The family feared for their lives so much that they left their
Albuquerque home and eventually moved out of state.
With this summer’s release of the sequel, “One to the Wolves: On the Trail of a Killer,” Duncan has compelling new information gathered over almost
25 years of private investigation that she hopes will convince a
newly-appointed Albuquerque police chief to reopen the case and turn it over to
the FBI. New Mexico no longer has a
statute of limitations on a capital felony or a first degree violent felony, Duncan says.
“Kaitlyn Arquette ,
who was 18, was shot to death as she drove home from a friend’s house on a
Sunday evening. Police closed the unsolved case as a random shooting, refusing
to investigate information that indicated otherwise, although it had all the
earmarks of a professional hit,” Duncan
says.
Six months after the July 1989 shooting, police
arrested three men for Kait's murder, announcing Kait was shot on a dare. But after a key witness recanted his
statement, the district attorney dropped all charges against the men. No other arrests have ever been made.
Duncan’s 1992 book, “Who
Killed My Daughter?” examined information that Kait’s
estranged friends were allegedly part of an Asian crime ring including
insurance fraud and drug smuggling. The family believes that Kait was ready to
blow the whistle on the group’s illegal activities.
“One to the
Wolves”
chronicles all that has occurred in the legal
system and in the family’s lives since the first book was published in 1992. It lays out compelling reasons for
further investigations, including key witnesses who were never interrogated by
the Albuquerque Police Department and crime scene
photos of the car damage that sources said proved Kait was targeted and assassinated. Questions remain like why no
traces of the bullets that killed Kait or impacted her car were ever
found. And, why police left the scene
before an ambulance arrived?
Duncan is the
author of over 50 books. Eight of her novels have been made into motion
pictures, including “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Hotel For Dogs.” In
honor of Kait, Duncan and her husband, Don Arquette, founded www.realcrimes.com where families of other murder victims who believe the victim’s case was
mishandled can receive media exposure.
“One to the
Wolves,”
is published as an ebook by Planet Ann Rule, a digital publisher bringing Ann Rule’s classic true crime
catalog and other select authors’ works to new audiences in e-book format. Direct media interview requests to kathiekerrpr@gmail.com.
One to the Wolves, On the Trail of a Killer
One to the Wolves, On the Trail of a Killer [Kindle Edition]
Lois
Duncan
July 2013
198 pages, 19 photographs, 15 in
color; 3 illustrations
Publisher: Planet Ann Rule, LLC
ISBN: Kindle Edition
978-1-940018-02-7; $7.99
Available for download to Kindles, Nooks,
and other popular e-book readers
In 1992, Lois Duncan,
acclaimed author of fictional suspense novels, wrote a horror story she could
never have imagined writing—a true account of the murder of her own daughter, Kaitlyn
Arquette.
This sequel, “One to the Wolves: On the Trail of a Killer,” written almost 25 years after the 1989 murder, is even more
horrifying than its predecessor.
Kait, 18, was shot to
death as she drove home from a friend’s house on a Sunday evening in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police closed the unsolved case as a “random
shooting,” refusing to accept information that indicated otherwise, although it
had all the earmarks of a professional hit.
As new information poured in, the family ran for their
lives, and their original suspicions turned out to be the tip of an iceberg so
immense that Kait, herself, could not have known how dangerous the information
was that she had been sitting on in order to protect a now-estranged
boyfriend.
That first book, “Who
Killed My Daughter?” was Duncan’s desperate attempt to
motivate informants and prevent the facts of Kait’s story from becoming buried.
This second book reopens old questions and raises new information that demands
that the case be reopened by the authorities.
“Chilling, gripping. A riveting true story of a mother’s
fight for
Since Kait didn’t live to reveal the
events surrounding her murder, her mother now does so in a book so intense and
yet so painfully human that the reader will never forget it. All of the
elements of a suspenseful mystery are here--intrigue, turns and twists,
cover-ups, and page-turning action. The sobering fact is that, this time, the
story isn’t fiction.
Perhaps most chilling is the fact that the cover art is an
etching of a wolf that Kait made when she was ten years old. Is it possible
that, even then, she was having nightmares about the predator who would come
for her eight years later? This is probably the only occasion when a murder
victim was the cover artist for a book about her own murder.
Duncan is the
author of over 50 books, ranging from children's picture books to poetry to
adult non-fiction. She is best known for
her young adult suspense novels, which have received Young Readers Awards in 16
states and three foreign countries. Eight of her novels have been made into
motion pictures, including “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Hotel For
Dogs.”
“One to the
Wolves,”
is published as an ebook by Planet Ann Rule, a digital publisher bringing Ann Rule’s classic true crime
catalog to new audiences in e-book format. Please
direct media interview requests for Lois Duncan to kathiekerrpr@gmail.com.
PRNewswire usage report for "One to the Wolves" Release
PRNewswire
usage report for "One to the Wolves" Release
8-21-13
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Press
release “Acclaimed
Author Renews Fight for Answers to Daughter’s Murder
New Book
“One to the Wolves: On the Trail of a Killer” Opens New Powder Keg” was released over PRNewswire on Aug. 20, 2013. Attached is the pdf version.
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Objective of news release was back-door
exposure of new book via media websites, alert key book reviewers, and to alert
Albuquerque media to new development in case.
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First two objectives met. Lois said in the beginning that Albuquerque
media might be hesitant to alienate new police administration. We have received
no pick-up on Albuquerque sites, as yet.
The website of Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces and Dona Ana County New Mexico) did carry it.
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As of noon today CST, the release has
appeared on 175 sites. Combined, these
sites have more than 20 million visitors/daily. You should be able to see the
links before they expire at (let me know if you have trouble viewing this and
I’ll send as a pdf):
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Summary:
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Unique Hits
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149
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Total Hits
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175
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Headline Impressions
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29,789
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Click Through Rate
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~0.59 %
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Facebook Likes
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5
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Twitter Tweets
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9
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Maddie's Fund Media Wrap-Up Report
Media Wrap-Up Report for
National Exposure
Maddie’s Fund Free
Adoption Weekend
Submitted by Kathie Kerr
Public Relations
June 3, 2013
Summary Report of PRNewswire Event
·
On Wednesday, May 29, a press release was moved over
PRLog and PRNewswire entitled, “A Weekend of Second Chances for Homeless Pets
June 1 & 2.”
·
At the preparation of this report, June 3, the
release had received 278 individual (unique) click-throughs by media companies,
with total hits (repeated click-throughs) of 327.
·
Headline
impressions numbered 78,531. That’s how
often the headline was displayed on the PRNewswire and PRLog websites,
Javascript and RSS feeds.
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PRNewswire
reported a combined “visitor per day” total of more than 21.3 million on about
225 of the 278 sites worldwide on which the press release appeared. It’s impossible to say what the total of all
the sites would be, since some did not have visitor per day information readily
available. For instance, it appeared on the search engine, ask.com, but no
traffic information is available.
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Well trafficked sites included CBS MoneyWatch,
American Public Media Marketplace, Boston.com, Yahoo Finance, the California
Chronicle, Los Angeles Business, Dow Jone’s MarketWatch, Sacramento Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times.
Summary Report with Live (for now) Links:
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Press Release Stats can be viewed with live links
at: http://www.prlog.org/pub/stats.html?id=12141783
Use Access
Code 5a55b4
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This report from PR Newswire includes links to the actual release
as it appears on a select group of sites. Go to:
This page can also be linked from the site above in
the report snapshot box. You may need to
enter the same access code of 5a55b4
Blogs Using the News
Release
More Online Exposure
·
Examiner.com,
posted on May 23
Examiner.com
is a top 100 website, reaching over 37 million unique visitors a month.
·
Steve Dale’s Pet World column of May 23
linked to the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals's Maddie's® Pet Adoption Days
(http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/2013/05/keeping-l-o-v-e-with-pheromones-sounds-kinky/) (Unique Visitors: Unknown)
·
Jon
Patch ran the national consumer news release on the Talkin Pets Website at:
(Read 257 times)
Tweets Placed
· A special tweet from journalist Karen Asp of Woman’s Day on May 23: “If you're thinking about adopting pet, @MaddiesFund is hosting free pet adoption events June 1-2. Find locations: http://bit.ly/17ylryo”
·
Patty
Neger, coordinating producer of Good Morning America and senior book producer
for ABC News, as well as animal lover, re-tweeted our free adoption weekend
news to her network of fans and media associates.
·
Re-tweeted
by Talkin Pets Radio
Summary
of Print Hits
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Dr.
Patty Khuly (Miami Herald columnist) column of May 31. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/31/3426830/better-to-adopt-shelter-dog-or.htm
Patty did a “shout-out”
in her column: “Whatever
you decide, consider that on Saturday and Sunday, the shelter group Maddie’s
Fund is organizing a huge “Pet Adoption Day” in Alachua County. Why not take a
drive today?” (MH daily readership 498,312; 5 million unique
visitors per month online)
·
Healthy Pets magazine,
Summer edition. Published by ThinkPets
and mailed to more than 3,000 veterinary practices across the U.S., and used by
those veterinarians to send out monthly reminder notes on the mailing
labels. Three million
are mailed out monthly. ThinkPets is a
privately owned, independently operated company that helps veterinarians
strengthen client relationships via a suite of communication, education and
data analysis tools, including HealthyPet Magazine. (Clips
are on their way!)
Anticipated Coverage
·
NPR’s
radio program, Animal House, will interview Rich on June 26 for an airing the
following Saturday morning. (Maryland, D.C.)
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