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LocationOakland
Call NoTRUE CRIME SPIERER
TitleCollege girl, missing : the true story of how a young woman disappeared in plain sight / Shawn Cohen.
AuthorCohen, Shawn, author.
Barcode529262
CollectionNF True Crime
Summary"When Lauren Spierer-a gregarious young woman at a crossroads in her life-vanished from Indiana University in 2011, her story drew global attention from celebrities and news outlets such as People magazine, CNN, Fox News, and USA Today. What made the case so confounding to those outlets was that the 20-year-old was out with dozens of classmates in a bustling university town on the night she went missing. She was seen in public by witnesses and security cameras, and ended up in a townhouse complex with several wealthy, well-connected male students-never to be seen again. Despite the media frenzy surrounding the case, the police investigation went nowhere and her body was never found. Armed with the support of Lauren's parents and never-before-seen evidence that chronicles a cover-up, a botched investigation, conflicting testimony, and new interviews, Cohen leads readers through a gripping narrative before finally shining a light on those often forgotten in true crime: the innocent people left behind. College Girl, Missing will provide an incisive look at "Missing White Woman Syndrome" to expose the prejudice in true crime reporting and demonstrate how the excessive media coverage that Lauren received, paradoxically, damaged the quest to bring her home"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781728272993 (pbk.) : $17.99
International Standard Book Number 1728272998 (pbk.) : $17.99
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 362.87 23/eng/20240213
Personal Name Cohen, Shawn, author.
Title Statement College girl, missing : the true story of how a young woman disappeared in plain sight / Shawn Cohen.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2024]
Physical Description xiv, 246 p. Softcover 21 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244).
Summary, Etc. "When Lauren Spierer-a gregarious young woman at a crossroads in her life-vanished from Indiana University in 2011, her story drew global attention from celebrities and news outlets such as People magazine, CNN, Fox News, and USA Today. What made the case so confounding to those outlets was that the 20-year-old was out with dozens of classmates in a bustling university town on the night she went missing. She was seen in public by witnesses and security cameras, and ended up in a townhouse complex with several wealthy, well-connected male students-never to be seen again. Despite the media frenzy surrounding the case, the police investigation went nowhere and her body was never found. Armed with the support of Lauren's parents and never-before-seen evidence that chronicles a cover-up, a botched investigation, conflicting testimony, and new interviews, Cohen leads readers through a gripping narrative before finally shining a light on those often forgotten in true crime: the innocent people left behind. College Girl, Missing will provide an incisive look at "Missing White Woman Syndrome" to expose the prejudice in true crime reporting and demonstrate how the excessive media coverage that Lauren received, paradoxically, damaged the quest to bring her home"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Spierer, Lauren, 1991-
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Missing persons Case studies. Investigation Indiana
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Crime and the press Moral and ethical aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Journalistic ethics.
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Cohen, Shawn. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2024] College girl, missing (DLC) 2023059620 9781728273006