Someone’s Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe by Silvia Pettem (A&S’69)

In Someone’s Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe by Silvia Pettem (A&S’69), self-described “historical detective” Silvia discusses her long efforts to identify the victim of a brutal 1954 Boulder murder. She chronicles the story of Jane Doe, how nobody claimed her body and how this young woman became unforgotten through Pettem’s work. After years on the case, Pettem offers her conclusive views on who the victim of the murder might have been. Throughout the book, she makes some bold guesses and states some interesting ideas, and readers will enjoy sifting through the evidence and coming to their own conclusions.

Taylor Trade Publishing, 2009; 296 pages; ISBN 1589794206 – Amazon