The Skeleton Crew (32 page)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Halber, Deborah

The skeleton crew : how amateur sleuths are solving America's coldest cases / Deborah Halber.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Cold cases (Criminal investigation)—United States. 2. Criminal investigation—United States—Citizen participation I. Title.

HV8073.H2175 2014

363.250973—dc23

2013034949

ISBN 978-1-4516-5758-6
ISBN 978-1-4516-5760-9 (ebook)