The book went to No. Use of this site signifies your agreement to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights , updated March 2009. I purchased this book after reading Vincent Bugliosi's fascinating book, And The Sea Will Tell. Stephanies defense was that she blamed Buck Walker for the murder. He told his friend that perhaps they wanted a truce. Learn more. Mr. Walker and Miss Stearns turned up here in October 1974, sailing the Grahams's yacht, the Sea Wind, which they had partly disguised and repainted. Walker earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 $ 110,500. If you think there should be more material, feel free to help us develop more! Her boyfriend, Buck Walker, was convicted of (I note that this manuscript was not released until Bugliosi's death.) I absolutely LOVED this book! The ex-con, Buck Duane Walke r, and his girlfriend, Stephanie Stearns, had arrived at Palmyra in their shabby, poorly stocked boat while the Grahams were anchored there. A law school student in Hawaii had written an article about handling a bag containing the skull of one of the victims in the spring of 2009 during a classroom lecture by an FBI agent. In that wallet was a drivers license with Roy Allens name on it. Discover some of the worlds most infamous killers in perfectly-illustrated detail. Back at the Coast Guard offices, Stephanie told her story again this time to the FBI. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Her broken and bleached bones were spilling out of a half-buried metal chest that apparently had washed ashore. The mysterious deaths and conviction of Walker grabbed headlines nationwide and led to a best-selling account co-written by one of Walker's attorneys, Vincent Bugliosi, called "And the Sea Will Tell." With no direct evidence of any role Stearns played in the killing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Enoki cited disputed testimony about a feud between the couples, and pointed to numerous lies and omissions admitted by Stearns in her statements to authorities. But there was a problem as there was no record for a Roy Allen. Bucy hopes this months publication of his e-book, Final Argument, will renew interest in the case. The two of them were arrested and brought in for questioning. Stephanie had served her time in Hawaii and moved back to California. Buck Walker was paroled in 2007. Buck Walker kill the wealthy HILO In 1974, Buck Duane Walker and his girlfriend, Stephanie Stearns, sailed in a leaky boat to Palmyra Atoll and returned to Honolulu Harbor in a beautiful yacht owned by a San Diego couple who had been vacationing on Palmyra. Two months after the Grahams vanished, Stearns and Walker sailed the Grahams yacht into Hawaii, 1,100 miles away; they were later sentenced to prison for stealing the yacht. Roy changed direction and headed to the nearest dock where he jumped off and Stephanie started to row back to The Sea Wind. In May, they sailed to Kauai, and prepared the boat to set sail for Palmyra atoll. Both were found guilty. The box had been wired shut. Dental records confirmed that it was Muff Graham. Buck Walker) and Stephanie Stearns (referred to as "Jennifer Jenkins" in the book), who had sailed there together from Hawaii on Stearns's sailing vessel Iola, a deteriorating, patched-together wooden sloop that lacked a reliable auxiliary engine. Buck Walker was paroled from federal prison in 2007. After Bugliosi argued that Buck Walker had committed the Palmyra murders himself without Stearns's participation or knowledge, and following her testimony at the trial, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Stearns claims to have studied mathematics, yet in her supposed log she cannot engage in simple addition. Muff and Mac Graham Murders