Margaret Press

So I was starting to catch up on my mystery novel reading. And one of my favorite authors was Sue Grafton, who wrote the Alphabet series. And I got up to Q is for Quarry. And I opened it up in February 1st, 2017. I remember the day. And she had an afterword that was startling because she said, this is the first time I've based a story on a real crime.

So I was starting to catch up on my mystery novel reading. And one of my favorite authors was Sue Grafton, who wrote the Alphabet series. And I got up to Q is for Quarry. And I opened it up in February 1st, 2017. I remember the day. And she had an afterword that was startling because she said, this is the first time I've based a story on a real crime.

There was a Jane Doe found in Lompoc, California in, I believe, 1968. who had been thrown into a quarry and never identified. She had written the book 15 years earlier and had actually paid to have the skeleton exhumed so that a facial reconstruction could be done from the skull and DNA could be collected.

There was a Jane Doe found in Lompoc, California in, I believe, 1968. who had been thrown into a quarry and never identified. She had written the book 15 years earlier and had actually paid to have the skeleton exhumed so that a facial reconstruction could be done from the skull and DNA could be collected.

There was no hit because this Jane Doe had not previously been in the criminal justice system. So I read this and had an immediate epiphany. I've been helping adoptees find their birth parents. This is the same thing. If I can figure out Jane Doe's parents, we'll know who Jane Doe was. It's no different.

There was no hit because this Jane Doe had not previously been in the criminal justice system. So I read this and had an immediate epiphany. I've been helping adoptees find their birth parents. This is the same thing. If I can figure out Jane Doe's parents, we'll know who Jane Doe was. It's no different.