Not every woman is meant to be a mother.

The Murder of Jennyann: A Shocking True Crime Story pulls back the curtain on a horrific crime that shook rural Georgia in the early 1980s—and nearly slipped through the cracks forever.

Children in one family were dying -- one by one -- every time Earl went to see his lover, Stanley.

Everyone said it was coincidence. Everyone looked the other way.

But the truth was far more horrifying: Martha Ann, their mother, smothered each child by lying on top of them—silent, deliberate murders carried out in the shadows of family shame.

And it was Earl and his lover Stanley—the very ones who triggered the killings—who kept pushing until someone listened.

One Atlanta newspaper reporter and a determined state police detective refused to let it go. Where institutions failed, they stepped in—digging past red tape, uncovering buried records, and chasing a truth no one wanted to face.

In this newly enhanced edition of Mommy Deadliest, veteran crime writer Rod Kackley exposes not just a monstrous act of maternal betrayal, but the broken systems that allowed it to happen—and the two unlikely heroes who made sure justice was done.

Told with chilling detail and deep compassion, this true crime account asks a haunting question: If they hadn’t stepped up, would anyone have?

Perfect for fans of If You Tell, The Cases That Haunt Us, and Shattered Innocence, this story will stay with you long after the final page.