The Best American Crime Reporting 2009

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GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

“The Zankou Chicken Murders” by Mark Arax, first published in Los Angeles magazine, April. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Arax. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Everyone Will Remember Me as Some Sort of Monster” by Mark Boal, first published in Rolling Stone, August 21. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Boal. Reprinted by permission of Kuhn Projects as agents for the author.

“Mexico’s Red Days” by Charles Bowden, first published in GQ, August. Copyright © 2008 by Charles Bowden. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Stop, Thief!” by John Colapinto, first published in The New Yorker, September 1. Copyright © 2008 by John Colapinto. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Fabulous Fraudulent Life of Jocelyn and Ed” by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, first published in Rolling Stone, March 20. Copyright © 2008 by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Reprinted by permission of Rolling Stone and the author.

“True Crime” by David Grann, first published in The New Yorker, February 11/18. Copyright © 2008 by David Grann. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Body Snatchers” by Dan P. Lee, first published in Philadelphia magazine, April. Copyright © 2008 by Dan P. Lee. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tribal Wars” by Matt McAllester, first published in Details, March. Copyright © 2008 by Matt McAllester. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Day Kennedy Died” by Michael J. Mooney, first published in D Magazine, November. Copyright © 2008 by Michael J. Mooney. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Hate and Death” by R. Scott Moxley, first published in OC Weekly, July 18. Copyright © 2008 by R. Scott Moxley. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Dead Man’s Float” by Stephen Rodrick, first published in New York magazine, February 18. Copyright © 2008 by Stephen Rodrick. Reprinted by permission of New York magazine and the author.

“American Murder Mystery” by Hanna Rosin, first published in The Atlantic, July/August. Copyright © 2008 by Hanna Rosin. Reprinted by permission of The Wylie Agency, LLC.

“The Color of Blood” by Calvin Trillin, first published in The New Yorker, March 2. Copyright © 2008 by Calvin Trillin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Breaking the Bank” by L. Jon Wertheim, first published in Sports Illustrated, April 14. Copyright © 2008 by L. Jon Wertheim. Reprinted by permission of Sports Illustrated.

“Non-Lethal Force” by Alec Wilkinson, first published in The New Yorker, June 2. Copyright © 2008 by Alec Wilkinson. Reprinted by permission of the author.