Submerged
How a Cold Case Condemned an Innocent Man to Hide a Family's Darkest Secret

The white whale of the true crime industry is the case in which a cherubic childlike defendant, who didn’t do it, is convicted and imprisoned (and available for interviews). As an enthusiast of true crime stories, I find interesting the coexistence of two things. The first thing is that no one is mo......more

Well, that was infuriating. This is the story of Rayna Rison and her friend Jason Tibbs. Rayna was impregnated by her brother in law at age 12. According to her, he continued to assault her until she was murdered at sixteen. All evidence points towards the brother in law, but the entire family denie......more

Submerged: How a Cold case Condemned an Innocent Man to Hide a Family’s Darkest Secret Hillel Levin Rayna Rison was repeatedly raped and molested by her brother-in-law Ray. He threatened to kill her, to beat her sister and harm his own child. When Rayna became pregnant Ray admitted to her father that......more

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC copy of this book! This book was very detailed, which I really liked. Rayna was a young girl with a troubled family. She was molested and impregnated by her brother-in-law Ray at a very young age. But her family wasn't ever really convinced that he was the problem.......more

This book is a very detailed deep dive into the murder of Rayna Rison and the events that followed. It is very clear to the reader from the evidence presented in the book who allegedly committed this crime. What is almost as disturbing as the murder of Rayna, is the role members of her so-called fam......more