Maddicko becomes known as the Tarzan Murderer due to his practice of acrobatically swinging into upper-story apartments through windows, stealing whatever he can (usually, not much; his targets tend to be low-income individuals and families) and killing anyone in the apartment, whether or not they resist or fight back. Sonia finds him especially disturbing because he exhibits no hint of remorse during the trial. His is one of the final high-profile cases that Sonia prosecutes in her final months at the New York DA’s office.
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Richard Maddicko / The Tarzan Murderer Character Timeline in My Beloved World
The timeline below shows where the character Richard Maddicko / The Tarzan Murderer appears in My Beloved World. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 25
Second is Sonia’s first murder trial, the case of the Tarzan Murderer . She’s the assistant prosecutor. When the perpetrator is arrested, he’s on parole for violent...
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Chapter 29
...and she always succeeds. The committee is impressed with what she tells them about the Tarzan Murderer and child pornography cases. Though Sonia acknowledges that she has gaps in her knowledge, she...
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