Another case I came across while researching my book involved five Newark boys who went missing in 1978. In 2008, one of the murderers visited a brother of one of the victims. “He said he’d become a born-again Christian and so he had to tell the truth.” That stood out for me. Murderers often use […]

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NamUs.gov is The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. I’m pleased at how quickly word has gotten around about this database. I’ve even seen it be used as a plot point in a tv show (I forget which!). So to help spread the word I wanted to link to a recent AP story about NamUs.gov […]

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One of the cases I looked into while researching the NYPD’s Cold Case Squad involved a missing 28 year old woman named Kristine Kupka. Like so many other cases, I’ve never forgotten it. So I was excited to learn that there’s been recent movement in this investigation. You can read a recent Daily News piece […]

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