On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their killers.

Nearby, residents of Chelsea, Vermont, were shocked to see police car lights flashing outside the house of high school senior Robert Tulloch. The town soon discovered the incomprehensible reality that Tulloch and best friend Jim Parker -- two of Chelsea's brightest and most popular sons -- were now fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop.

Authors Dick Lehr and Mitchell Zuckoff offer a vivid explanation of the murders that captivated the nation as well as provide a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community -- and, perhaps, a warning to all parents about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.