01945cam a2200361 i 4500 273241978 TxAuBib 20160929120000.0 160924s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016462120 9780425278482 0425278484 TxAuBib rda Fanning, Diane. Bitter Remains [PB] : A Custody Battle, a Gruesome Crime, and The Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price / Diane Fanning. Bitter Remains. Berkley premium edition. New York : Berkley Books, 2016. xiii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Berkley true crime Berkley true crime On July 13, 2011, Laura Jean Ackerson of Kinston, North Carolina, went to pick up her two toddler sons. It would be the last time she was seen alive... Two weeks later, detectives searching for the missing mother made a gruesome discovery on the shores of Oyster Creek near Richmond, Texas—the dismembered body parts of a young woman whom they were able to identify as Laura Ackerson. Laura’s ex, Grant Hayes—the father of her two sons—and his wife, Amanda, the mother of his newborn daughter, both pointed the finger at each other as the one guilty of murdering Laura, cutting up her body, and then transporting and disposing of the remains. This is the haunting true crime story of a devoted mother, a disturbed couple, and how these horrific events came to pass... 20160929. Murder North Carolina. Murder Investigation North Carolina. Trials (Murder) North Carolina. Custody of children North Carolina. Berkley true crime. Berkley true crime.