Jim Schutze

Bully is a riveting, harrowing account of adolescent rage and bloody revenge-a true crime story from 1993 that inspired the 2001 feature film. Bobby Kent was a bully-a steroid-pumped 20-year-old who dominated his peers in their comfortable, middle-class Ft. Lauderdale beach community through psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. But on a summer night in 1993, Bobby was lured to the edge of the Florida everglades with a promise of sex and drugs ...
and was never seen alive again. The tormentor had become the victim in a bizarre and brutal act of vengeance carried out with ruthless efficiency and cold-blooded premeditation by a group of teenage killers-seven of his high school acquaintances, including his lifelong best friend-and instigated by one overweight, underloved teenager who believed her life would be perfect ... if only Bobby Kent were dead.
Based on a True Story: Delve into the shocking 1993 murder of Bobby Kent, a case of peer-on-peer violence that stunned the Ft. Lauderdale community and became a national headline. A Calculated Revenge Plot: Uncover how seven high school acquaintances, including Bobby's lifelong best friend, were manipulated into a cold-blooded conspiracy by a teenage girl who wanted her tormentor gone forever. Suburban Crime: Explore the dark underbelly of a comfortable, middle-class beach community where steroid-fueled rage and psychological abuse festered behind closed doors, leading to a brutal killing.
Justice and Aftermath: Follow the gripping investigation and the series of trials that exposed the chilling motivations of a group of young killers who thought they could get away with murder.