Rain of Bullets: The True Story of Ernest Ingenitos Bloody Family Massacre

The notorious murders that tore a New Jersey family apart Reports from the scene of the crime Riveting courtroom testimonyOn the night of November 17, 1950, Ernie Ingenito entered the house of his inlaws and opened fire on his wife Tessie and her parents. He then walked across the street and unloaded several rounds into other members of her family, including a nineyearold girl. Still not satisfied, Ernie drove to Tessies uncles home in a neighboring town and shot the adult occupants there. When he was finished, five people were dead and four wounded. Was Ernie insane? Was he enraged, moved to desperation by his meddling, overbearing inlaws? Or was he simply a coldblooded murderer who would stop at nothing to have his own way? This factual account, pieced together from interviews, legal documents, and letters, probes the mind of an unrepentant killer and follows the riveting story from the night of the tragic massacre to years of bungled trials and appeals that would decide his fate.