One night time in 1980, April Balascio’s father, Edward Wayne Edwards, awakened the family and advised everybody to begin packing. They have been leaving their dwelling in Watertown, Wisconsin, after residing there for a yr.
It wasn’t new for Balascio, who was 11 years previous. She was accustomed to shifting each six months to a yr with out warning. It wouldn’t be till a long time later when she found why.
“Each time we moved, it was hard,” Balascio advised Fox Information Digital. “You develop new mates every time, after which it’s important to depart them. However one factor that got here out of it’s you learn to pack shortly and tightly as a result of in case you didn’t, your stuff would get left behind.
“But it was hard having to upend everything,” she shared. “It was hard starting a new school every year or even sometimes twice a year. … He made us believe we were leaving because people were coming after us. So, there was also that fear that we were being hunted, that fear that we could be killed.”
Balascio has written a brand new ebook, “Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father.” In it, Balascio particulars how she found her father’s true identification and the horrific crimes he dedicated.
The patriarch died in 2011 at age 77 from pure causes.
On the time, he was behind bars after being sentenced to demise by deadly injection.
“I wanted this story to be told, but it took a long time to write it,” Balascio admitted. “It was a very difficult thing to do. I was protecting my memories.”
Balascio described Edwards as charismatic, a “big kid” who loved events and entertaining. However he additionally had “a very dark side.”
“It was scary,” she mentioned. “He was abusive. And particularly as I bought older, I grew to become extra frightened of listening to his tires on the gravel within the driveway. I’d surprise how he was going to stroll via the home. Was he going to be in temper or a nasty temper? For some time, I hated him.
