Rope Burns, by Robert Scott

This story, which takes place between 1997 and 1999 through California and Nevada, is a true crime story about the most twisted couple in American crime history. James Daveggio was a registered sex offender and a drug abuser. Michelle Michaud was a mother of two from Northern California and a prostitute on the side. They have both been arrested several times, Michaud for prostitution, and Daveggio for molesting young girls. Together they became the the most worse couples in American history. In September of 1997 they started their spree of kidnapping, incest, torture, rape, and even murder.
Daveggio and Michaud would ride around in their "mobile torture chamber" which was designed by taking all the back seats out of Michaud's green minivan and transforming it into the ultimate torture place. The couple would go from California to Nevada in search of young ladies good enough for them to kidnap, torture, rape, and maybe even kill. The powerless young ladies are forced to do unmentionable sexual acts for hours, or even days, in order for Daveggio and Michaud to fulfill their sexual fantasies and then are dumped in the middle of nowhere, dead or alive, and the couple go on to finding their next victim.
After months of "playing it safe", the couple decide to take their "sport" a little bit farther, which, eventually, leads to their capture by the police. May 19,1999, they were both convicted of the rape and abduction of Juanita Rodriguez and have also been charged for the first degree murder of Vanessa Samson. Now awaiting trial, they face a conviction that can possibly lead them to the death penalty.
I actually really enjoyed this book. I am very interested in things of this nature. For most books, I begin to fall asleep as I start to read, but this book kept me interested, not wanting to put it down at any time. This was actually a book I had to read for Forensics class, and I am glad I chose this book, otherwise I probably would've fallen asleep by now ;).