Dayton Leroy Rogers Books

Gary C. King is truly a well-known crime author. This book is probably one of the first that I have read and it's an easy read. He does explain how a man emerged from respected citizen to a serial killer with a deadly lust for blood, torture, and terror of innocent women who didn't deserve the horror. Granted, all of his victims were prostitutes which happen to be the top victims in serial killer cases like Ridgway and Dayton Rogers. He made a mistake and it caught up with him with many victims such as prostitutes who came forward with their tales of torture to frighten the most harden of criminals. King writes the story to explain the discovery and that the first victim that wasn't laid in his unofficial burial ground. Unlike Bundy and Ridgway who returned to visit their victims after their murder, Dayton left them to rot away and not be discovered. These women were mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and yet they had their share of problems such as drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, and poverty.

This book is horrible, and that is only talking of the first few chapeters. The writer talks of the victims as trash, and does not honor their memory or the fact that they were living people, with families that loved them. A true waste of paper, ink, and time.

Well Gary... What about this? "The author sometimes stretches the narrative, offering interior monologue from Rogers even though the killer, who is now on death row, hasn't spoken to him or investigators". Do you not think that maybe just maybe there is an entirely different story to this case? I assure you that there is. It is going to be coming out soon.............. :-)
By the way.... I am Kathy and I DO know what REALLY happened up there in that forest. ;)

"Blood Lust" represents good no nonsense true crime about a serial killer in Oregon. That seemingly peaceful and scenic State certainly has had more than its' share of sickos, as TC aficionados (and no doubt the natives) are well aware. In BL, the protagonist is one Dayton Leroy Rogers who killed and mutilated eight young Portland area women in the mid 1980s. There is little suspense here. The killer is identified from the outset. The reader's interest will revolve around the portrayal of the gruesome manners of the young ladies' deaths and how the local authorities find the corpses and compile their case against Rogers. Author Gary King strikes a solid balance between crime reporting and the human suffering of the victims. Since the perpetrator is known, readers may ignore the "Ann Rule rule" and peruse the centerfold where pictures of the demised humanize them. It's chilling to think that most likely there are more female of Rogers' victims somewhere in this vast area. This reviewer visited Oregon recently and appreciates how rural the state is once one leaves the Portland/Seattle metroplex and the I5 corridor. 12 reprintings since 1992 are a testimony to the obvious and well-deserved popularity of "Blood Lust".

Blood Lust centers around the story of Dayton Leroy Rogers, respected businessman and father from Portland Oregon who had a 2nd life as a serial killer at night. The things he did to these girls you wouldnt beleive and the story tells what he did and how he eventually got caught and the horrific things they found. Overall , great read - i read whole book in less than a day. Great for crime lovers.