The plaintiffs in the Maryland case were represented by Rodney A. The victims’ survivors filed a wrongful death action against Paladin Press in a Maryland federal court, alleging that the publisher had aided and abetted the murderer.
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Publisher of manual viewed as aid in murder Perry, who had purchased a copy of Hit Man, executed the crime “by the book,” following its instructions to arrange his contract with Horn, select a weapon, construct a homemade silencer, and dispose of the bodies. Lawrence Horn, Mildred Horn’s ex-husband and Trevor’s father, had hired Perry to commit the murders with the expectation of inheriting the $2 million that Trevor received as a settlement for injuries.
In 1993 James Perry murdered Mildred Horn her eight-year-old son, Trevor, who was a quadriplegic and Janice Saunders, Trevor’s nurse. Perry used Hit Man manual to carry out murder It became the subject of two suits in federal court, both with First Amendment implications. The book was published by Paladin Press in 1983 and sold approximately 13,000 copies while it was on the market. It was written by Rex Feral, a pseudonym some believe belongs to a Florida woman, who originally wrote the book as a crime novel. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia via fair use)Īs the title suggests, the book Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors is a how-to guide for those seeking to pursue a career as murderers for hire.
The book was involved in a First Amendment case in which a circuit court said the First Amendment did not protect the book. Cover of the 1983 book Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors published by Paladin Press, a how-to guide for those seeking to pursue a career as murderers for hire.
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