I was expecting this book to chronicle the story of Amy Bishop's life. Little did I know, it was a life filled with crime.
Bishop is most widely known for methodically murdering half of the Biology staff at the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) in 2010. Bishop was driven to murder because she was denied tenure and would not be continuing on as a Professor at UAH. Violence and disappointment seem to be a common theme in the Amy Bishop crime catalog.
It took 24 years and a mass shooting before the Braintree Massachusetts Police Department finally brought the Seth Bishop shooting to light. In 1986 Amy decided it was time to teach herself how to use her father's shotgun. After it "accidentally" went off in her upstairs bedroom, she attempted to find her brother, Seth, to see if he could help her unload the weapon. Upon running downstairs, the shotgun "accidentally" went off again, this time striking and killing Seth. Instead of staying with him, she ran and unsuccessfully attempted to carjack several drivers before threatening Dinger Ford employees at gunpoint. Realizing they weren't going to give her a car off the lot, she continued running. She was still clutching the gun when police finally attempted to apprehend her.
That's just the beginning of her life of crime.
There's also an incident involving a pipe bomb being sent to one of her bosses after an explosive incident in a research lab. While Amy and her husband have been cleared in this crime, there is still significant evidence that they were involved.
Oh, and she straight up decked a woman in an IHOP because her kid was using the last booster seat.
So, yeah.
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