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In light of all darkness inside the Polly Klaas kidnapping and the search for America's child

"On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends, while her mother slept soundly in the room next door. This rarest of all kidnappings--a stranger abduction from the home--triggered one of the largest ma...

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Main Author: Cross, Kim (Kimberly Hisako), 1976- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Klaas, Polly Hannah, > 1981-1993.
Kidnapping > Investigation > California > Case studies.
Murder > California > Petaluma > Case studies.
Kidnapping victims > California > Petaluma > Case studies.
Murder victims > California > Petaluma > Case studies.
Case studies.
True crime stories.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Somewhere out there. The sleepover
  • The stranger
  • The first hour
  • The trespasser
  • The case agent
  • The eyewitness
  • The crime scene
  • Doubts
  • Leads
  • The volunteers
  • Seventy-two hours
  • America's most wanted
  • The celebrity
  • Part II: The investigative machine. The polygrapher
  • The forensic artist
  • The profiler
  • The composite
  • Victimology
  • Rapid start
  • The ERT team
  • The SWAT team
  • Trouble within
  • The foundation
  • The insider
  • The suspect
  • Part III: The turning point. Pythian Road
  • The subject
  • The lab
  • SWAT raid
  • The first interview
  • The palm print
  • The lineup
  • System failures
  • The wild card
  • The confession
  • - Anatomy of a lie
  • Cloverdale
  • Found
  • Positive identification
  • America cries
  • The trial
  • Polly's legacy
  • Epilogue.

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