i be a nj resident when this case break in 1984. i remember the story a relay on the page of the asbury park press and the conversation around the office . when the sunday article be publish by peter maas and i felt a sigh of relief for the family . i later purchase the book by maas and read it a few time . when the movie first air and i be marry with three child . all of the detailed portrayed in the movie be right on the money . i recently re acquire my book ( it be stow in a storage facility up north and along with my dvd ) and have re read it . domestic violence doesn not go away it stay with you forever . in read this book again and i realize that the child be now a young man of 25 the same age his mother be when she be murder . this movie be timeless and in so much a there be still woman kill by their husband in such a violent manner and that it beg one to question the existence of a civilized society .