韦恩县是美国伊利诺伊州南部的农业区。那里的居民很保守,反对离婚,更反对堕胎。在该县的劳伦斯维尔镇上住着一个单亲家庭,母亲叫朱莉·哈珀,在印第安纳大学攻读博士学位,儿子叫乔尔,10岁。1997年10月13日,乔尔在家中被人残忍地用刀杀死。朱莉报案后对警察说,大约凌晨四点,她被叫声惊醒,急忙起身到隔壁儿子的房间,只见一个男子手持尖刀,儿子浑身是血。她不顾一切地扑了过去,与男子搏斗。那个男子大概被她的举动吓坏了,扔下刀子就从后门逃跑了。警察对现场进行了勘查,发现所有门窗都没有撬损的痕迹,而那把凶器就是朱莉家厨房的刀。经过一番调查,警察没有发 Wayne County is the southern Illinois agricultural area. Residents there are conservative, opposed to divorce, and more against abortion. A single-parent family lives in Lawrenceville, a county where her mother is Julie Harper and a doctorate at Indiana University. Her son, Joel, is 10 years old. On October 13, 1997, Joel was cruelly killed with his knife at home. Jolie told the police after the case was filed that at about four in the morning she was awakened by the call and rushed up to the room next door to her son and saw a man holding a sharp knife and his son covered in blood. She fought desperately against men. The man was frightened by her movements, and dropped his knife to escape from the back door. The police carried out a survey of the site and found that there was no sign of prying all doors and windows, and that the weapon was the knife of the Julie’s kitchen. After some investigation, the police did not send