Dying for Love, Carlton Smith
Dying for Love, Carlton Smith
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Dying for Love
The True Story of a Millionaire Dentist, His Unfaithful Wife, and the Affair That Ended in Murder

Author: Carlton Smith

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/20/2018

Synopsis

Dr. John Yelenic was a successful dentist in a small Pennsylvania town. When he met Michele Kamler, he thought he'd finally found the woman of his dreams. She was beautiful, intelligent, and seemed to want all the same things out of life as he did.Michele married Yelenic in 1997. But by 2002, the relationship fell apart…and what followed was a bitter, three-year-long battle in which Michele made demands for Yelenic's money and even accused him―falsely, it would later be shown―of sexual abuse. Michele began dating Kevin Foley, a Pennsylvania State Trooper. When, in 2006, Yelenic was found murdered―slashed to death in his own home―Foley was the prime suspect.At the time of Yelenic's death, Michele was listed as beneficiary on more than $1 million in insurance benefits. Did Foley believe Michele stood to inherit this money? Or did this well-known hot-head act alone? This is a shocking true story of greed, corruption, and cold-blooded murder.

About Carlton Smith

Carlton Smith (1947–2011) was a prizewinning crime reporter and the author of dozens of books. Born in Riverside, California, Smith graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, with a degree in history. He began his journalism career at the Los Angeles Times and arrived at the Seattle Times in 1983, where he and Tomas Guillen covered the Green River Killer case for more than a decade. They were named Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative reporting in 1988 and published the New York Times bestseller The Search for the Green River Killer (1991) ten years before investigators arrested Gary Ridgway for the murders. Smith went on to write twenty-five true crime books, including Killing Season (1994), Cold-Blooded (2004), and Dying for Love (2011).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl on March 15, 2013

This was a difficult story for me to read. John Yelenic was a playmate of mine whenever I visited my Grandmother who lived next door. It is such a sad, tragic story. John really was a good person and certainly did not deserve what happened to him. As far as the book is concerned, I thought it was an......more

Goodreads review by Nyssa on May 20, 2021

Very informative. Not surprised that it happened in my hometown of Blairsville. Only bad things about this book were that it got a little too detailed at times, and there were a lot of typos. Other than that, if you're looking to learn more about what happened exactly to John Yelenic, I recommend it......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on August 18, 2021

While the storyline itself is very interesting, it isn’t written well. The author tends to repeat the same information over and over again. Also, I found it aggravating that to describe the body the author only used the same wording throughout the entire book. A thesaurus would have been useful.......more

Goodreads review by Denise on May 19, 2021

Although the writing leaves a little to be desired, I now know more about what happened to John Yelenic. It's really a shame his ex-wife wasn't held accountable for her part, and I have to wonder why, after all this time, Kevin hasn't said a peep about her.......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on October 06, 2024

Dr. John Yelenic was found stabbed to death in his home in 2006. Interestingly, the day his body was discovered also happened to be the day his divorce from his wife, Michelle, was supposed to be finalized. His murderer had left plenty of evidence around the home, and the evidence pointed to it bein......more

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