On the morning of January 17th, 1984, a seventeen-year-old boy picked up the phone and called 911. He said his parents were dead. The investigation that followed would divide a close-knit community, force a prosecutor to question his own instincts, and cause the detectives working the case to go home at night and look at their own children differently.
Sources:
The Evening Sun, 17 January, 1984 – “Cape St. Claire Couple Found Slain”
The Evening Sun, 18 January, 1984 – “Few Clues”
The Evening Sun, 19 January, 1984 – “Teacher Said to Have Fled”
The Evening Sun, 23 January, 1984 – “Slayings’ Suspect Fights Summons”
The Evening Sun, 25 Janaury, 1984 – “Model Son is Held in Murders”
The Baltimore Sun, 26 January, 1984 – “Teenager Charged”
The Baltimore Sun, 28 January, 1984 – “Donations for Swartz”
The Evening Sun, 15 February, 1984 – “Psychiatric Exam”
The Evening Sun, 26 June, 1984 – “Son Pleads Insanity”
The Baltimore Sun, 25 August, 1984 – “Suspect Tells”
The Evening Sun, 17 April, 1985 – “Trial to Relive”
The Evening Sun, 19 April, 1985 – “Son Couldn’t Stop”
The Evening Sun, 18 October, 1985 – “Young Killer to Patuxent”
The Baltimore Sun, 8 March, 1985 – “Lawrence Swartz Trying New Life”
