Choking in Fear: a memoir about the Hollandsburg murders - Paperback

by Mike McCarty (Author)

Small-town Indiana seems the perfect place for a boy to grow up, and Mike McCarty loved his life in Waveland as a police officer's son. At the tender age of nine, however, his quiet community was shocked by a horrific crime-a family's murder in their own home. For the first time, Mike knew real fear. Years later, long after the killers were jailed, Mike remains haunted by the evil deed. Although a police officer like his father, Mike feels impotent in the face of the murder and knows he must confront the memory head-on. Take part in Mike's journey as he uncovers links between abusive relationships and crime and finds a way to make his own life a tool for change.

Author Biography

Mike McCarty lives outside Indianapolis where he is the CEO of Safe Hiring Solutions and an internationally recognized speaker and consultant on issues of violence prevention. He has consulted to and presented seminars for the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Homeland Security- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and numerous state attorney general offices, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, colleges and universities, and corporations.