Amity Bitzel - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/author/amity-bitzel/allArticles en Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[It Happened To Me: My Parents Adopted a Murderer]]>

In 1984, in the quiet and modestly affluent suburb of Cape St. Clair, Maryland, a 17-year-old boy named Larry Swartz murdered both of his adoptive parents. In 1993, after serving nine years of his 12-year sentence, Larry was released from prison and came to live with us.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/larry-swartz-murderer-adopted http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/larry-swartz-murderer-adopted It Happened To Me Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:00:00 -0400 Amity Bitzel