Gruesome book reveals more details on serial killer

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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A new book released nationwide this week about notorious serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis is so graphic, it actually comes with a warning label on the back cover. It's called Dismembered and one of the authors said that one word sums up Gillis's crimes.

Susan Mustafa spent two years researching Gillis, who was convicted of the 2004 murder of Donna Bennett Johnson. Police back then would soon learn Johnson wasn't his only victim.

"It's a psychological look at a serial killer, much of it told in his own words," said Mustafa.

Gillis preyed on women in high-risk lifestyles. A jury never heard the confession tapes because he confessed to other murders on the tapes after he asked for an attorney, but was denied.

"For him, it wasn't about killing them," said Mustafa. "It was about what he did after he killed them and it's so gruesome at times that my publisher put a warning label on the book. His acts are so horrific, I compared him to Jeffery Dahmer."

She also interviewed Gillis' live-in girlfriend of 10 years, Terri Lemoine, to get a feel for that relationship.

"The psychological aspect of Sean Vincent Gillis is fascinating," Mustafa added. "How a human being could go through life doing the things he did, and then live a double life with his girlfriend."

She said the book is a complete account of what Gillis said happened, but wasn't reported.

"There was a lot in his confession that never made it into the media," said Mustafa. "The book title is Dismembered and I feel like that's a gruesome title for a book, but it's one word that aptly describes what Sean Gillis did to his victims."

The book is co-authored by Sue Israel and published by Kensington.