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“Death, drugs and the occult meet in grisly inquiry at the Mexican border” in this true crime account of a mass murder by a serial killing cult leader (The New York Times).

When Mark Kilroy vanished while on spring break in Matamoros, Mexico, the search for the missing pre-med student led to a gruesome discovery on a lonely stretch of land called Rancho Santa Elena: a mass grave containing Mark’s mutilated corpse along with the remains of thirteen other people. The investigation uncovered how the victims were brutally killed at the hands of drug trafficker and cult leader Adolpho Constanzo, known by his followers as El Padrino, or The Godfather. Constanzo was a serial killer who, along with his followers, tortured and cannibalized innocent people in the barbaric religious ritual of human sacrifice. 

Written by critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze, Cauldron of Blood is a must-read for true-crime fans. 

About the Author

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Jim Schutze was a journalist for the Dallas Times Herald and the Dallas Observer, and was the former Dallas bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle. He currently writes a column for D Magazine. Schutze has earned many honors for his writing, twice winning the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ Award for best commentary, and winning the Lincoln University’s National Unity Award three times for his writing on civil rights and racial issues. Two of his books were Edgar Allan Poe Award finalists for crime writing. In 2011, Schutze was admitted to the Texas Institute of Letters in recognition of his career as a journalist and author.