"With a journalist’s flair for language and a historian’s eye for detail, Silvia Pettem takes her readers through all of the twists and turns of a real-life murder mystery spanning fifty years, leading from an exhumed grave in Colorado to San Quentin’s gas chamber. Someone’s Daughter—replete with frustrating dead ends and tantalizing breakthroughs—is a compelling and accurate glimpse into the world of cold-case investigations.”
—James C. Oleson, J.D., Ph.D.,
criminologist and crime policy chief

“Silvia Pettem has written a book the reader will remember long after the last page has been turned. The power of her writing left me shaken and in grief for Jane Doe. I am already looking forward to her next book.”
—Roy Hazelwood,
retired FB I profiler and author of The Evil That Men Do and Dark Dreams

“Cold-case investigations, by definition, require digging into the past, but not all are as thoroughly researched as Someone’s Daughter. This Jane Doe case documents a unique partnership between law enforcement, the forensic community, and a historian who worked together—and got the job done.”
—Frederick A. Bornhofen,
chairman of the board and case manager for the Vidocq Society

“Silvia Pettem is a real-life Agatha Christie.”
—Frank Bender,
forensic artist and cofounder of the Vidocq Society

"Others probably don't know the time and love you put into this, but I do. And so will anyone who reads this book. An excellent memoir of events that span more than half a century. It's an honor to have been involved in some small way with something so special. Well done my friend."
:-)~ Todd Matthews
www.TentGirl.com
www.DoeNetwork.org
www.NamUs.gov