The Girl in the Dark

Chapter 17: The Chain of Rocks Bridge Murders


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In the dark waters of the Mississippi River, beneath a crooked mile of steel, two sisters vanished—and the truth nearly drowned with them. On the night of April 4th, 1991, Julie and Robin Kerry along with their cousin Tom Cummins were visiting the Chain of Rocks Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri. What began as a quiet night to revisit a poem turned into a night of unspeakable violence, sexual assault, and murder.

But what followed was just as disturbing: coerced confessions, missing evidence, accusations of racism and police brutality, and a justice system more interested in convictions than truth.

Was justice truly served—or was it another life swept away by the current?


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The Girl in the DarkBy Tasha Brantley