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Normally I enjoy reading true crime narratives even if the case in question isn‘t resolved. Unfortunately this one didn‘t dig quite deep enough for me, and the reporter himself seemed to feel like a bit of a hero about his reporting of the case (and yet this didn‘t really lead anywhere). Anyway, didn‘t quite get the tone or the depth right for me.

Written by a reporter who covered the disappearance, this book relates the story of a student at Indiana University who went missing in 2011. By the end of the book, there are still too many unanswered questions and the three male students who were the last to see her look guilty as hell. Her body has never been found. Her family is still tormented by her loss. A very sad and all too familiar story.

Though Bloomington, IN isn‘t far from where I live outside of Chicago, I don‘t remember seeing anything about Lauren Spierer‘s disappearance on the news just over 13 years ago. Cohen, one of the original journalists to cover her case, returns to dive deeper into Lauren‘s life & try to get the group of young men who last saw her to speak more about what happened. Well reported but heartbreaking, this college sophomore‘s case deserves to be solved!

Wow! This book was a great read/listen. I was unfamiliar with the case & completely sucked in by it. Diving in to this case with 0 knowledge this book told me everything I needed to know. It was interesting to learn how involved the reporter got in the case & how he‘s stayed in contact with Lauren‘s family. I finished the audiobook feeling frustrated & angry for her family. It‘s obvious people are hiding things. Stories keep changing.

In 2011, Laura Spierer went out one night in June and has never been seen since. She was with a couple of guys during the night. One was the last to see her, but the case went cold. 12 years later, Cohen, who first reported on the case goes back to reinvestate the case. Will he turn up anything new?

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This is a true crime story about a college girl who disappeared. Lauren Spieler vanished from Indiana University. She was seen in public by witnesses and security camera and ended up in a townhouse complex with several wealthy, well-connected male students - never to be seen again.