
THE SHATTERING CRIME STORY THAT SHOCKED THE NATION: THE THOMAS CAPANO MURDER CASE Capano's narcissism prevented him from feeling anything for anyone but himself, but the gripping narrative of And Never Let Her Go is surely the story that Fahey and her family would have wanted to be told. It was his sheer arrogance-the arrogance that couldn't accept rejection, that couldn't fathom being caught and convicted-that killed Anne Marie Fahey, and Ann Rule's telling of Fahey's story reveals the mind of a true monster. She'd met a young man whom she hoped to someday marry and start a family with, and she finally seemed able to put her past behind her.īut Thomas Capano did not want to be put behind anyone. Thirty years old, she had a whole new life ahead of her.

Somehow, though, she managed to get through it all-her mother's death, abuse from her alcoholic father, devastating poverty-and make a niche for herself as a trusted secretary to Delaware's governor.

Her youth was a seemingly endless string of heartbreak, disappointment, and misery. His former lover Anne Marie Fahey was never that lucky. The golden child of a respected immigrant family, he had everything most people could ever hope for: money, a family he adored, widespread respect and admiration. Thomas Capano was a powerful man in Delaware. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In a riveting narrative expertly documented by probing interviews, diary entries, and e-mail correspondence, and with superb insight into the twisted motivations of a killer, Ann Rule chronicles a real-life drama of Shakespearian proportions: ambitions fall, love turns to obsession, family names are tainted, the façade of success crumbles - and a beautiful but vulnerable young woman pays the ultimate price in a convoluted and deadly relationship. But in the weeks and months that followed Fahey's disappearance, investigators would gradually uncover the shocking truth: Capano was a steely manipulator driven by power and greed - and capable of brutal murder.

One of Wilmington's most prominent and respected figures, a millionaire attorney and former state prosecutor, "Tommy" was a charming, softspoken family man.

On a June evening in 1996, 30-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, secretary to the governor of Delaware, vanished without a trace following a restaurant rendezvous with her secret lover of more than two years: Thomas Capano. The shattering crime story that shocked the nation: the Thomas Capano murder case
