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The Charmer

Friday, June 1, 2012

Local Authors Recount Story Of Bergen County Rapist, Murderer

"The Charmer" authors will host discussion, book signing at the Mahwah Public Library this Sunday

It is not often that a true crime story hits so close to home. But, in the new book, The Charmer: The True Story of Robert Reldan—Rapist, Murderer, and Millionaire—and the Women who Fell Victim to his Allure, residents will be taken through the true story that played out in Bergen County. Reldan was convicted of raping and murdering two women in the 1970’s, and is still serving a life sentence in the New Jersey State Prison. In The Charmer, authors Richard Muti and Charles Buckley, the prosecutor who got the conviction against Reldan, take readers through Reldan’s criminal history, which they say he began at age 16. “Reldan looked like the all-American boy,” Muti said. “He was like the kid next door that you’d love to see your daughter go …

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