Death Records Now

I heard that the character Susie Salmon was based on a real person that was murdered with a different name. I was wondering if that was true, because I can’t find any records of a death in Pennsylvania. If it is true, can you help me find the name of the person?

By the way, if you think I am weird for wanting to know, I am not. I have always been interested in things that happened in the past and are forgotten by almost everyone.
I’ve seen some people answering this question by saying: Actually, yes, this novel is based on a true story of a young girl that was murdered in Norristown.PA. A outlining suburb of Philadelphia. The "corn field" as it’s refered to in the book/movie is actually called the farmpark know here to us that live by it.Kids attending Norristown High use the farm park as a short cut today just as they did 35 years ago. Susie Salmon is not her real name, or are any characters used in the book.

no it isn’t based on a true story, that is wrong.

the author Alice Sebold was raped when young and due to her experiences of discovering the rapist having him jailed and going through the life experiences of a rape victim. The grief process. she studied writing and finally wrote "The lovely Bones" to help her encompass her feelings and rape victims feeling lost and being forgotton by all but the families.

She has a website and has only written 3 books I believe. so that is the answer to the best of my knowledge on this young woman

Some one told me this true story yesterday and it is haunting mythoughts…..I can’t believe what kind of monster could do this,and to their own child?

(Iowa)A man took his 2yr old son to the middle of nowhere on the side of the road …..stomped on him, kicked him …etc..

By the time the cops helicoptered in ,the boy was gone.(passer bys tried to stop him….but it was too late by then)
and he was still crushing the boy long after his passing.

Sharp shooters came in and shot the father down…
the boys body was so badly pulverized that they had to use dental records to identify his body.

When his wife was later questioned about a possible
motive for her husbands horrific crime, she claimed that
her husband believe the 2yr old to be a demon in the literal
sense.

Sorry if I bummed everyones day…it is so hard to shake it…
it was so evil

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These kinds of things just keep happening….
When I was 11 in 1996 (lived in Florida) I knew abeautiful , sweet 18mth old girl whom was
murdered by her own grandma(during a weekend visit)

(he strangled to death and then placed into
a storage freezer) and called the cops to
confess the next day while going about
her daily rountines.

When she was questioned she told police
that her grand daughter was a neglected
child that no one cared about….and that
she was too good for this world.

She recieved life…without the possibility of
parole…what is f***ed up? She was only
sent to jail for 5yrs for murdering her husband
(in supposed self defense….stabbing him
over 30 times)

Her 18mth old life could have been saved
if her grandma would been properly punished
for the death of her husband.

When I went to her funeral, the following weekend…it was clear that many loved her
and I still can’t remove the image of her
2 1/2 foot coffin

unfortunately in today’s world things like this happen….I have read about and or seen it to many times my self..personally I think we need to take a hint from some of the wild life around us sometimes…the nurturing nature as I have heard it called seems to portray what we as humans need to learn…child abuse is such a horrible thing as a victim myself I try my best not to allow my children to ever become victims but it is up to each and everyone of us to break the cycle. If we see something wrong or out of sorts then we need to report it and stop being so afraid of the outcome..if you see someone being abused weither its verbal, mental, sexual or physical we need to take a stand and report it. Don’t sit back and say I don’t want to get involved, we need to be involved, if our children are our future then what are we teaching them if we sit back and watch these horrible things being done to them and not taking a stand?