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I‘m not a true crime reader, but I am a Forensic Files addict (when I‘m somewhere with TV service), so I thought I‘d try it. The writing felt self-indulgent, more about the reporter‘s experience than the case, almost a memoir through the lens of this unresolved story. Big takeaways: all the boys (men) involved look shady as hell, including the boyfriend; and the BPD screwed up in every possible way, but will keep the case open just to hide it.

This book is a true story of a young girl who disappeared after a night of drinking and partying with her friends. She is presumed dead & her body has never been found. No one has ever come forward with information about her disappearance but there were 3 young men who were with her that night who are featured in the book. It has to be very sad for her parents to still never know what happened to their daughter on that fateful night.

Lauren Spierer was a college student who went missing from Indiana University in 2011. It was haunting and disturbing to read how easily a young woman disappeared without a trace. The journalist who wrote this couldn't keep himself out of the narrative as this investigation has defined his career in many ways. There are no real answers in the end, just grieving parents and a campus that doesn't seem to have changed much in the years since.

The true story of Lauren Spierer, a young college student who seemingly disappears in early June of 2011. Lauren had been partying with several other young people. She had a history of problems with drugs and alcohol. She was most definitely drunk and had been doing drugs earlier the night she vanished. Life goes on and yet it doesn‘t for her loved ones. At least one person knows what happened. Someone knows more than they are telling. 4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cohen seems a bit self-indulgent, and is definitely repetitive, but it‘s never a bad thing to keep an unsolved story in the public eye. Lauren Spierer deserves to be remembered and respected. Sadly, it seems like whatever happened, regardless of the proposed scenarios, likely occurs more than we know. Holding out hope that one day someone finally talks. Because someone absolutely knows.

Picked up my library holds on my lunch break. I can‘t decide which one to start first 🤓

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.