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Death Sentence

The True Story of Velma Barfield's Life, Crimes, and Punishment

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Death Sentence

By: Jerry Bledsoe
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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Everybody knew Velma Barfield as the perfect wife and a loving grandmother. But there was something about her that nobody knew.... Velma Barfield had a secret life and a sick urge to kill.

©1998 Jerry Bledsoe (P)2015 ListenUp Production, LLC
Murder True Crime Crime Mental Health

Critic Reviews

"Fast-paced...breathes new life into the true crime genre." ( Raleigh News & Observer)
"Bledsoe has written a detailed account of Barfield's troubled life and motives...holds the reader's interest with a true story that reads like a novel." ( Library Journal)
"Undertakes to answer the questions about the justice system and the motives that drive women to kill." ( Washington Post Book World)
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