In 1989, Westley Allan Dodd was hanged to death for sexually assaulting and heinously murdering three defenseless children; all boys aged 11, 10 and 4. The details and events of his shocking journals depict horrific accounts of the murders he committed and those he planned to commit had he not ultimately been brought to justice by one of his potential victims. Dodd was born in Washington state on July 3, 1981. He had two older brothers and often described his home as loveless. His parents divorced when he was 15 (Newton, MD). “Dodd said his father was very critical of what he did and could never live up to his expectations.” (Branch, Bryan, Giovenco, Nichols, Yeatts, n.d.). At age 13, Dodd allegedly began abusing children. He would expose himself from an upstairs window or ride his bike around the neighborhood and expose himself to children. Dodd never claimed he was sexually assaulted, but he was not told about the sex. "Westley's father, Jim Dodd, told The Oregonian that he acknowledged his son's sexual deviance during "father-son talks" but mostly avoided talking about it, despite the arrests and Westley's growing warnings. The eldest of three children, Westley was otherwise well behaved. “He never did drugs, he never drank, he never smoked,” the elder Dodd said. (Scott, S nd). The abnormalities Dodd revealed began to escalate into sexual assault around the time his parents divorced. Dodd would put himself in a position of trust with the children. He often looked after the neighborhood boys; he also became a camp consular and played games with the children, later to encourage them to engage in a certain type of sexual activity. Dodd is believed to have molested or abused up to 50 young boys between the ages of two and twelve... middle of paper ... From now on, I'll be a little more forceful. I will no longer take no for an answer to my requests. (Dodd, W.A., Steinhorst, L. 1994). In Seattle, Dodd realized that kids were less likely to report him out of embarrassment. At this time, Dodd was still attending counseling sessions for his pedophilic urges. Here his attacks became more brutal as he began to become fanaticized about killing his victims. Later in his book he says: “The more I thought about it, the more exciting the idea of ​​murder seemed to me. I have planned many ways to kill a boy. Then I started thinking about torture, castration and even cannibalism. (Dodd, W.A., Steinhorst, L. 1994). Dodd's intelligence allowed him to manipulate the legal system and avoid prison. He had become a killer in his mind; a sexual sadist stimulated by his thoughts and fantasies of murdering his next victims.