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Jan 1, 1988 · This book tells the story of a young girl who murders her father or, rather, has him murdered, and the trial that resulted. According to the young woman, her father had been sexually molesting her for several years and was now turning his attention to her younger sister.
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- Dena Kleiman
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Jan 1, 1988 · Details the causes, motives, circumstances, and legal consequences of the 1986 murder of Long Island electrician James Pierson, whose sexually abused daughter had arranged, with her boyfriend, for the murder.
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- 1988
- Dena Kleiman
- Dena Kleiman
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A Deadly Silence is a 1989 American television film directed by John Patterson.
The film aired on April 16, 1989 on the ABC network.
The film tells the true story of Cheryl Pierson (Heather Fairfield), a teenage girl from Long Island, New York who orchestrated the murder of her abusive father, James in February of 1986.
•Heather Fairfield as Cheryl Pierson
•Charles Haid as Jim Pierson
•Wallace Langham as Jimmy Pierson, Jr.
•Juliet Sorci as JoAnn Pierson
•Mike Farrell as Attorney Gianelli
•Bruce Weitz as Detective McCready
Irv Letofsky from The Los Angeles Times wrote that the film of the events is
Oct 1, 1988 · A Deadly Silence: The Ordeal of Cheryl Pierson, a Case of Incest and Murder. Hardcover – October 1, 1988. To stop her father's sexual abuse--abuse that had started before she was 12--Cheryl Pierson and her boyfriend paidl Cheryl's father, James Pierson. New York Times reporter Dena Kleiman pieces together this psychological jigsaw of a crime ...
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- Dena Kleiman
1989 · 1 hr 35 min. TV-14. Drama · Thriller. The true story of a high school cheerleader who went on trial for the murder of her father and the horrible dark secret hiding in the family home.
- John Patterson
- January 1, 1989
- 95 min
One of the most striking events in recent Long Island history was the case of Cheryl Pierson, whose electrician father was fatally shot in his driveway in 1986. The community of Selden was shocked...
Synopsis. The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people know nothing about his...
