A Stranger Killed Katy: The True Story of Katherine Hawelka, Her Murder on a New York Campus, and How Her Family Fought Back Free Audiobook Download by William D. Larue

Katherine Hawelka was a graduate student at SUNY Albany - the same school where her alleged attacker, [John W. Hinckley Jr.], was on his way to pay off a $6,000 debt to some cocaine dealers by shooting President Ronald Reagan and three other people at close range in 1981.

In the fall of 1994, Katherine Hawelka was found murdered on the campus of the University of Buffalo. The case was never solved, but her family is still struggling to find closure and justice. Katherine was an 18-year-old college freshman who had just moved to New York from Texas when she met a 21-year-old student named Leroy James McDavid Jr.

Katy, a successful Manhattan physical therapist, was brutally killed by a stranger on the campus of New York University. Her killer was finally revealed but not before leaving Katy's family and friends with a life sentence of grief and hopelessness. In this true story, William D. Larue takes listeners behind the headlines to tell Katy's story in loving detail.

It's been said that when New York City was hit with a terrorist attack in September of 2001, it was the largest loss of life in the history of ever. This is a difficult story to read with such horror and pain, but it's also a story that needs to be told. And this is one of the few books that can do so with true detail and not just through the eyes of those lost.

Three years ago, Katherine Hawelka was murdered by a stranger on the New York University campus where she worked. The story of how Katherine's family fought back and the man who killed her was brought to justice is an inspiring read.

After graduating from the University of Arizona, Katherine Hawelka headed to New York to pursue a career in advertising. It was there that she met her future husband, David Marantz, and they became engaged. Despite the fact that both Katherine and David were uncomfortable with being in each other's company, they found a way to work through it and found happiness together. Unfortunately, this would not be enough to save them as they were killed by a man who planned their murder.