Chimera: The Crimes of Elaine Parent

In July of 1990, the headless, handless body of a young woman named Beverly McGowan was found in a canal near St. Lucie, Florida. As they began their investigation, detectives had no way of knowing that they were embarking on one of the strangest cases of their careers—the twisting, turning story of a consummate con woman, killer, and master of disguise…a criminal so skilled at deception that she would manage to stay one step ahead of the agencies hunting her for more than a decade, even after being named the Most Wanted Woman in the World. And even after they found her, she would still leave a long trail of mysteries behind her.<b> </b><br /><br />Sources:<br />The Telegraph: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1391705/Chameleon-Killer-cheats-the-Florida-police-by-ending-her-many-faced-life.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1391705/Chameleon-Killer-cheats-the-Florida-police-by-ending-her-many-faced-life.html</a><br />Irish Times: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-killer-s-many-faces-1.165231" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-killer-s-many-faces-1.165231</a><br />South Florida Sun-Sentinel: <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1996/12/11/90-murder-trail-leads-to-woman/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1996/12/11/90-murder-trail-leads-to-woman/</a><br />The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/11/features11.g22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/11/features11.g22</a><br />TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" with Robert Stack<br />Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Parent" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Parent</a><br />Murderpedia: <a href="https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/parent-elaine.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/pa