“A Pristine Suicide,” by Bart J. Allen. ISBN
978-1-60264-162-4 (softcover) $13.95, ISBN 978-1-60264-163-1
(hardcover) $20.95, 196 pages.
Squarely in the heart of America, Salina, Kansas is a
pretty safe place to have kids. At least, that’s what they
say. But some places in Kansas are safer than others. The
Allens found out the hard way. In the case of the death of
their oldest son, seventeen-year-old Destry Greer Allen,
they did what nobody else would do to find out the truth
about what really happened to him that late night in June
of 2004. Originally ruled a textbook suicide, an
independent investigation by the Allens discovered it was
anything but. Seven years later, Destry’s case is still
open – an unsolved suicide. What happens when the system
intended to protect citizens at the most vulnerable times
in their lives not only turns its back, but goes out of
its way to wrong them? What happens when the
professionals, who citizens trust and depend on to take
care of them, go after them instead, to teach them a
lesson? The Allens found out.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bart J. Allen, born in 1959, has lived most of his life
in Salina, Kansas, with his wife of over 25 years,
Theresa. They have two sons – Ransom and Lucas. A
graduate of Kansas State University, Bart was a successful
business man until the death of their first born son,
Destry Greer Allen, forced him down a different path in
life. This is his first book. A lifelong advocate for
children, Allen wrote it out of a desire to not only find
some justice for their son, but to spare others from going
through the same horror they were forced to endure by
vindictive, corrupt, self-serving, government officials
in Saline County Kansas.
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