Victoria Stafford (File photo)

WOODSTOCK, Ont. -- The twisting case of Victoria Stafford's killing took new turns yesterday, with one of the accused deciding to head straight to trial and the family of the girl furious over a book published long before justice is done.

"This book could potentially ruin the trial," an angry Rodney Stafford, Victoria's father, said yesterday.

"If it comes down to that, I'll snap."

With a Christmas bereft of his eight-year-old daughter looming, the timing of the book couldn't be any worse, Stafford said.

"It's getting really hard right now. Christmas was a big thing for Tori," Stafford said. "I am going to do everything I can to get this book out of here."

Victoria's mother, Tara McDonald, declined comment.

The book's author, Dianna Holden, broke her media silence yesterday to say she meant no harm to the family.

"I didn't write this to personally attack anybody. I didn't want to re-open a wound."

Holden said she wrote the book to show how speculation fuelled by the media and the Internet complicated the case and may have led to the wrong people being behind bars.

The book, Convicted of Murder and Abduction Online: Based on the True Story of the Abduction and Murder of Victoria Stafford Canada's Angel, can be ordered or downloaded online.

"This is crazy," Holden said of a sudden onslaught of attention, much of it negative. "I am really upset because people are judging the book without even knowing what the book is really about."

The book doesn't delve into details about the abduction as much as the online reaction, she said. However, included in the book is a purported transcript of an interview with a police investigator, which Holden said casts doubt on the charges against two people.

"I think it (the book) may jog people's memories as to what happened. I believe there is more in this case," said Holden, a British Columbia resident who operates what she calls a people-finding agency.

One of the two accused, Terri-Lynne McClintic, 19, yesterday waived her right to a preliminary hearing on charges of kidnapping and murder.

Dressed in a striped sweater and blue pants, her hair pulled back in a ponytail, McClintic quietly said yes and nodded her head when asked several questions in a Woodstock courtroom heavy with police officers.

Two Stafford family members sat silently in the front row, but declined comment afterward. McClintic showed no emotion in court.

"She clearly has made it known by today's action she is ready to move forward," her lawyer, Jenine LeRoy, said outside court.

LeRoy wouldn't say why her client wants to move quickly to trial and brushed aside speculation it's because McClintic is working on a deal with prosecutors. "There is no deal."

McClintic is to appear in court in March to begin the process of setting dates for trial.

Co-accused Michael Rafferty, 28, is to appear via video in court tomorrow.

Stafford was abducted April 8 as she walked home from school in Woodstock. Her disappearance launched a massive search for her and, later, for her body.

McClintic and Michael Rafferty were charged with murder in May, about six weeks after Stafford went missing.

The girl's body was found in July.