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The relationship between a single mother and her teenage daughter is not an easy one. Aside from trying to make ends meet, they have to deal with each other and conflicting personalities. There can be constant fighting, slammed doors, pleas for forgiveness, hugs and tears. In the end their bond is strengthened because in the end they know that they can count on each other. Unfortunately that was not the case for Florida real estate agent Vicki Lyn Robinson and her 15-year-old daughter Valessa. Valessa was resentful of her mother for divorcing her father and they were at odds regarding the boys that she dated. Her latest boyfriend was 19-year-old Adam 'Rattlesnake' Davis, who had served time for stealing cars. Together they caused a lot of mischief and were on the influence on drugs. One day, Valessa wished out loud that she wished her mother was dead and shortly thereafter Vicki Lyn Robinson disappeared. Vicki's boyfriend called police and found out that Vicki was not the type of person to go missing without notice. When they went to their house they did not like what they saw, and they feared the worst. She was eventually found poisoned and stabbed inside a garbage bin near the home of 19-year-old Jon Whispel, a friend of Adam Davis. The three of them killed her and they hit the road on a drug-induced trek until finally being captured by law enforcement. What resonates throughout this book of a shattered family is how shallow, selfish and stubborn the killers reveal themselves to be, willing to do anything to avoid jail time. In RATTLESNAKE ROMEO Joy Wellman tries to show both sides of Valessa from those who wanted her to be tried as an adult to those that felt that she was being manipulated by two older men. The investigation part of the book was more appealing than the trial because all we see is a blame game and it is hard to tell whether justice was actually done in the death of Vicki Lyn Robinson. There are no winners in this, and that is what makes this book a tragic case.
Reviewed by Angel L. Soto, November 2005
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