Terri jentz and her friend shayna weiss a pseudonym are yale students bicycling across america in 1977. With the publication of jentzs book, national media sources had aired his real name. Woman seeks her wouldbe killer in 1977, two young women on a crosscountry bike trip were brutally attacked in an oregon state park. Jentz uses a pseudonym to describe her suspected attacker, though his real name has since been widely publicized.
In the summer of 1977, jentz and a female companion started on a crosscountry bike trip from the willamette valley in. Terri duran, intercare community health network general. In the summer of 1977, terri jentz and her yale roommate, shayna weiss, make a crosscountry bike trip. Strange piece of paradise by terri jentz goodreads. Freshen up your watchlist with prime videos latest roster of streaming movies and tv shows. Local gossips were virtually unanimous in fingering one dirk duran a pseudonym jentz uses in the book as the womens attacker. And, compelling though the tale surely is, strange piece of paradise wouldnt have suffered from being pared down by about 200 pages. Jentz and goldman were rushed to the hospital and both survived despite suffering very serious injuries.
Terri teamed up with boo isaac, the high school girl who helped save her. Strange piece of paradise is a journey into the heart of american violence. May 3, 2006 terri jentz was a young woman on a quest for adventure. When the girls were asleep, someone drove into their tent. Now his victims are old people, parents of those he went to school with. Terri is related to andrew dee andreasen and lois andreasen sutherland as well as 7 additional people. The second best result is terri g andreasen age 50s in loveland, co. Around midnight on the night of june 22, the women were attacked by a man in a pickup truck who drove right over. I was just trying to piece together the story as much as i could. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Teri pearlstein, md is a psychiatry specialist in providence, ri and has been practicing for 37 years. Join facebook to connect with michael n terri duran and others you may know. A commonplace book, 1970 as literary nonfiction has shouldered its way into the longstanding generic trinity of fiction, poetry, and drama, writers and theorists have argued about.
Dirk duran a pseudonym jentz created for the lifelong criminal she believed tried to murder her wrote the letter to take the heat off of himself. I still feel it could have used some editing which is why i gave it only 4 stars. Critics praise jentzs courage for returning to the scene of such violence, though several comment that the difficulty of uncovering compelling evidence nearly 30 years later precludes a satisfying conclusion. Select this result to view terri g andreasens phone number, address, and more. When terri jentz was 19 years old, she fell victim to a crime of such unspeakable horror it remains, three decades later, almost beyond comprehension.
Terri vons phone number, email, address, public records. Jentz presented hein, then a sergeant detective with the oregon state police, with her case against a suspect. This, combined with her knowledge of the real estate market, are. Character formation in traumatic nonfiction daniel w. I didnt have any idea who attacked me, and i really didnt think that i would ever find out. Its a weird story, but i can prove what you say is true. Terri schon, real estate agent orlando, fl coldwell.
The man whom jentz identifies as dirk duran, ironically, completed a jail sentence and was released from the deschutes county jail last may one day before jentz was scheduled to give a public reading of her book in sisters. Around midnight on june 22, 1977, terri jentz and her roommate were attacked by a man in a pickup truck who drove over their tent and then started hacking. Join facebook to connect with terri jentz and others you may know. Office address 285 james street, holland, mi 49424 phone number 616 399 0200. She is passionate about her profession and has a genuine interest in her clients. Terri duran is a practicing general practice doctor in holland, mi. Victim returns to the scene of the crime and produces an. My husband and i listened to the first half on our way up to nc from fla and we were both absolutely riveted. Possible related people for terri duran include justin garret duran, ronald dean duran, ryan taylor duran, lindsay taylor moe, brittani. The police investigated but the case quickly went cold. Terri is known for her ability to work with people in changing situations and her flexibility has served her well in her career. A memoir of violence against women chicago tribune. Terri andreasen phone, address, background info whitepages. Terri lee jentz, 19, suffered head injuries, a broken right leg and two broken arms.
A couple of weeks ago, dirk duran was indicted by a grand jury in deschutes county for assault on a peace officer a class c person felony in oregon, 2 counts of resist arrest and criminal trespass. We have 65 records for terri duran ranging in age from 38 years old to 86 years old. Terri karsten assistant general counsel trihealth, inc. Terri jents talked about her book strange piece of paradise, published by picador. And i woke to a screech of tires and a heavy, heavy weight on top of my body. View terri karstens profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Terri jentz was a 19yearold college sophomore in 1977 when she and a friend were attacked by a man with a hatchet. Terri durans office address in holland, mi and make an appointment. Terri jentz my journey to justice the moon magazine. For months, they made phone calls and went to visit anyone with possible information.
In the first scene, jentz rigorously controls the surveillance as she spies on duran when an acquaintance maneuvers him into a restaurant where jentz is sequestered. Terri jentz will return later this week to central oregon to the scene of the crime, as it were. Salem, the witch city, to be exact, dulong was an only child, who relied on imaginary friends for playmates. Jentz is shocked to discover that this redmond, ore.
Im not saying shes takeanaxetoher annoying, but annoying she is. They have also lived in lorton, va and albuquerque, nm plus 6 other locations. The book tells the story of a brutal attack she suffered as a college student on vacation in oregon in 1977 and. Woman writes about almost fatal ax attack abc news. Terri jentzs harrowing story finds voice in strange piece of paradise, her first book. Dirk looked up, cocked his head, and his light blue eyes met mine for a space of a second, jentz writes. In order to move to the future, i had to go back and face my past. On june 22, 1977, after stopping to camp at cline falls state park in oregon, they are brutally attacked when a man runs over the tent in which they are sleeping with a highclearance pickup truck and assaults them with an ax.
Attacked while asleep in a tent during a crosscountry bicycle trip, the author returned to oregon years later to investigate the crime and to search for the assailant, who was never apprehended. I hear my friend scream sharply, leave us alone, and then i hear a blow, said jentz years after the attack, then i hear six more, just. Terri jentz, i was one mile away that night, maybe 14 years old. Pinned under a tire unable to see, terri says she listened in horror as her friend was attacked with a hatchet. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover terris. Terri jentz has written a book about the attack and her mission to find the truth. Terri jentz wrote a book about her experience, a strange piece of paradise, in which she returned to the scene of the crime and the town where it happened to try to solve the mystery. Jentzs story picks up when she discovers the second psychopath, a man she calls dirk duran, and relates accounts of how he beat women, tortured animals and generally scared nearly. Duran works in holland, mi and specializes in general practice.
As they are sleeping, a man in a pickup truck deliberately runs over the tent. Margaret colin a screenwriter who survived a brutal attack while on a crosscountry bike trip describes how she returned to the scene of the crime determined to identify the attacker, only to learn that many of the. I say randomly but i actually chose it from a pile of free giveaways because it was about oregon and had a fascinating premise. She graduated from new york u, school of medicine in 1982 and specializes in psychiatry. Terri has been found in 12 states including texas, new mexico, california, colorado, arkansas, and 7 others. Find terri vons phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information.
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