Lilacs in the Rain by James Peinkofer

Lilacs in the Rain: The Shocking Story of Connecticut's Shaken-Baby Serial Killer

by James Peinkofer

Format: 6 x 9 softcover
Page Count: 256

ISBN: 978-1-60008-073-9
Price: $19.95
Publication Date: October 5, 2007

Book Description

Behind 3G lives a serial killer. She had some notoriety among child-abuse medical professionals, since she was the featured perpetrator in the original medical journal article that named shaken baby syndrome as an entity in 1972. The woman behind this apartment door had shaken, twisted, squeezed, and slapped babies in the 1940s and ’50s—killing three and injuring twelve others. Did she even remember her victims’ names? She had known, and later admitted, that what she did was wrong, but after her first murder, because of her volatility, this knowledge hadn’t stopped her from striking out. This was the true nature of a serial killer, having no remorse and no ownership for her nefarious deeds. This was a national story that quickly got swept away. Lilacs in the Rain was written to bring it all back and educate the public. This book is at once the history and the beginning of what we now know as shaken baby syndrome.

Author Information

James Peinkofer obtained his master’s degree in social work in 1991. He became a licensed clinical social worker in 1995, specializing in pediatrics. James has written two books, both of which have been featured in magazines such as Parenting and American Baby and been favorably reviewed in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association and New England Journal of Medicine. James runs a consultation agency that focuses on child abuse issues and shaken baby syndrome (SBS). James often assists nationally on cases of SBS with police investigators and prosecutors. He is married and resides in Indiana.