On the evening of September 1, 1981, in the lakeside town of Beverly Shores, Indiana, Paul Witte, a 44-year-old man and volunteer firefighter, lay dozing on the living room couch of the family home he shared with his wife, Hilma “Marie” Witte, and their two sons, Eric and John. He worked in the steel industry and fought fires on a volunteer basis, a strict, authoritarian father whose temper and physical discipline left his eldest boy with both good memories and scars. For months, tension in
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