'I was going to kill you, but I changed my mind'

On Richard Parker and criminal versatility

Richard Parker (Original image: TDOC)

Boomerang

In 2016, New York magazine published my essay, “Boomerang: I Was Richard Parker’s First Victim, But Not His Last.” The piece went live on June 1 of that year. My eldest sister, Sherry Huff-Grimes, died unexpectedly on June 3, 2016, and due to her passing and a book deadline at the end of June, I did little t…