▁claim ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁k iller . ▁ ▁In ▁research ing ▁the ▁book ▁Mac Le an ▁lived ▁with ▁a ▁family ▁outside ▁the ▁town ▁ ▁for ▁three ▁years . ▁ ▁In ▁Broad ▁Day light ▁won ▁an ▁Ed gar ▁Award ▁for ▁best ▁true ▁crime ▁writing , ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁best s eller ▁list ▁for ▁ 1 2 ▁weeks ▁chart ing ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁ 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁movie ▁st arring ▁Brian ▁Den ne hy . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁ep ilog ue ▁after ▁the ▁N od away ▁County , ▁Missouri ▁pro sec utor ▁David ▁B air d ▁who ▁had ▁de alt ▁with ▁the ▁case ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁released ▁the ▁county ' s ▁investigation ▁file . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁the ▁ 3 1 st ▁anni versary ▁of ▁Mc El roy ' s ▁killing , ▁In ▁Broad ▁Day light ▁became ▁available ▁as ▁an ▁e - book . ▁ ▁Mac Le an ' s ▁second ▁book ▁was ▁Once ▁Upon ▁A ▁Time , ▁A ▁True ▁Story ▁of ▁Memory , ▁Mur der ▁and ▁the ▁Law ▁. ▁ ▁E ile en ▁Franklin - L ips ker , ▁a ▁California ▁house w ife , ▁claimed ▁to ▁recover ▁a ▁repr essed ▁memory ▁of ▁her ▁father ▁murder ing ▁her ▁play mate ▁twenty ▁years ▁earlier ▁in ▁F oster ▁City , ▁California . ▁Her ▁father , ▁George ▁Thomas ▁Franklin , ▁was ▁tried ▁and ▁conv icted ▁sole ly ▁on