On the evening of September 1, 1981, in the lakeside town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, Paul Witte, a 44-year-old man and volunteer firefighter, lay dozing on the living room couch of the family home he shared with his wife, Hilma �Marie� Witte, and their two sons, Eric and John. He worked in the steel industry and fought fires on a volunteer basis, a strict, authoritarian father whose temper and physical discipline left his eldest boy with both good memories and scars. For months, tension in the
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