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The crazy life of johnny tapia hardcover march 31, 2006. This title is not just the title of a book, it was a title of his life, so much so that johnny even had these words tattooed on his chest. Johnny tapia, from mi vida loca cocktail of insanity. When he was eight years old, his mother, virginia, was kidnapped, raped, hanged, repeatedly stabbed, and left for dead by her assailant.
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