Lay them to rest : on the road with the cold case investigators who identify the nameless

Norton, Laurah, author.

First edition.

Book

New York : Hachette Books, 2023.

©2023

xxi, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

"For Laurah Norton, true crime was always more of a passion than anything else. But after learning about a mishandled 1990s cold case involving the missing Millbrook twins, she spurred to action, created a massively popular podcast, and built a platform that helped bring widespread attention and resources to the case. And she didn't stop there ... [A]fter she stumbled across the case of 'Ina Jane Doe'--an unidentified woman whose decapitated head was found tucked in the brush of an Illinois park in 1993--Laurah has been more determined than ever to help this victim reclaim her identity so she can finally be laid to rest. In [this book], Laurah teams up with forensic anthropologist Dr. Amy Michael and an eclectic group of experts to unearth the identity of 'Ina Jane Doe' in real time. Along the way, she dives deep into the methodology and explores the wide array of innovative techniques that experts use to solve these once-unsolvable cases ... [S]he also examines why some of the most heartbreaking cases--the 'missing missing,' the sex workers, the undocumented victims--are still unsolved, especially when these cases desperately need our attention and so rarely get it"--Dust jacket flap.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)

Murder victims -- Identification.

Dead -- Identification.

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic sciences.

Case studies.

Prologue: What came before -- The case: The woman in the woods -- The method: John and Jane Doe -- The case: Assembly -- The method: Forensic anthropology -- The case: Ina, Illinois -- The method: Skeletal analysis -- The case: New Hampshire -- The method: Dental comparisons and odontology -- The case: A trip to the dentist -- The method: Forensic art -- The case: The reconstruction -- The method: DNA analysis and investigative genetic genealogy -- The case: Astrea -- The case: Redgrave research -- The answer: Susan Minard Lund -- The announcement -- Epilogue: What comes after.

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