College Girl, Missing - Shawn Cohen

College Girl, Missing

By Shawn Cohen

  • Release Date: 2024-05-28
  • Genre: True Crime
4 Score: 4 (From 118 Ratings)

Description

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

"This book is the heartbreaking story that every parent dreads… Cohen sheds light on what really happened the night Lauren was never seen again.” —David Crow, author of The Pale-Faced Lie

She visited friends. She walked to a bar. She was right there... until she was gone.

College student Lauren Spierer was pursuing her dreams, joining her boyfriend at a party school eight hundred miles from home. Social and gregarious, studying fashion and rooming with friends, Lauren embraced her new adventure with the zeal of a young woman who suddenly had everything she desired.

But there was a dark side that she and her inner circle kept secret. And one warm June evening, after heading out with friends, she seemingly vanished. When investigators retraced Lauren's last steps using eyewitness accounts and security camera footage, the evidence ended at the doorstep of a group of wealthy, well-connected male students.

With original reporting including new testimony witnesses never shared with police, College Girl, Missing takes readers back to that fateful night and dives into the disappearance that captured front-page headlines around the world. Investigative journalist Shawn Cohen breaks more than a decade of silence as he pursues the truth: what really happened to Lauren Spierer?

Reviews

  • Great storytelling

    5
    By emurph28
    Horrible story but great storytelling
  • Torn.

    3
    By ELK777
    As a trained journalist this books is borderline sensationalism. The author injected himself into the story - a big no no. Not a lot of new info, and the angle seems forced.
  • Decent..but author has an ego

    3
    By Meg2013345
    Decent retelling of Lauren’s tragic story, but you have to slog through editorializing and the author’s ego as a reporter who covered her story.
  • Haunting

    5
    By KLSMama
    Well written by someone involved in the case from the beginning. But that sad fact is we may never know what really happened. And her parents will never have peace.
  • Chilling and emotional story.

    5
    By freakiestorange
    Growing up in a town 30 minutes from Bloomington I have heard her story many times over the years. I was 10 when she went missing and have thought of her often over the years. I want justice for her and her family so badly. Reading about her night she had gives me chills knowing she didn’t make it past that. In my opinion, someone knows exactly what happened to her and they are withholding it. Great reminder to be smart and choose your friends wisely because not everyone will do the best for you. She deserved to have people around her that night that would take care of her, or at the very least own up to any mistakes made that night. This book is an amazing read and keeps you hooked. I hope this inspires someone to come forward.
  • Heartbreaking

    5
    By BeanHenry
    It’s so sad that there are still no answers, 13 years later. This book will make you cry, make you angry, and make you hug your kids a little bit tighter. I lived in Bloomington when this happened. I’m only two years older than her. It could happen to anyone. My heart goes out to her family. They deserve the truth. Hopefully, they get it someday.
  • Quick read

    4
    By KWollitz
    Was interesting to hear what those who had not previously released statements had to say.

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