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As someone who loves true crime, this book was a bit disappointing. The cases were fascinating individually, but the separate storylines weaving back and forth were confusing and lacked a common narrative. Overall, it was interesting, but it was too jumbled to keep my attention for more than a few pages at a time.

I loved the topic of this book, although the information about the number of unidentified remains was infuriating, and it would have been a straight pick except the author hopped around a lot and seemed to go off on tangents. It probably wouldn‘t have been annoying if I had been reading instead of listening, but 🤷🏻‍♀️. This is my book related to a podcast for #booked2019 because Karen mentioned@that she was reading it on My Favorite Murder

Amateur sleuths are helping America's law enforcement make inroads in dealing with the problem of the thousands of unidentified remains being held in labs and offices across the country. Halber talked to a cross-section of criminal justice professionals, amateur investigators, and bereaved family members to put together a fascinating story of the lost and the found.

This book should have been a pick for me. The story is really interesting. The reason this is just so-so is because the story jumps around too much and it was confusing.

Heading to work! It‘s hard to find library appropriate costumes 💀🙄!

A very interesting look at the world of cold case amateur detectives. The growing amount of people interested parallels internet developments & increasingly sophisticated DNA & other testing methods. Motivations for becoming involved vary, some people have prematurely lost loved ones & others are unclear as to their motives. The politics between the competing member sites as well as between law enforcement & amateur sleuths is interesting.

Could we, I don't know, *not* mention this female doctor's size and shape *twice* in one paragraph when it has absolutely nothing to do with her actual, you know, WORK? #everythingmakesmeangryrightnow

When what you just read about is a headline on your local news. "Mountain Jane Doe" Identified 47 Years After Death
http://www.lex18.com/story/33150193/mountain-jane-doe-identified-47-years-after-...

My best friend and I have a plan to move to a quiet seaside town in Maine after we retire where we will solve crimes. So, you know, reading a book about people who actually do solve crimes was very appealing. This was a really interesting book and the people the profiles are very dedicated to what they do. Bonus points for featuring a case (I had never heard of) that takes place pretty much where I live. Anyone heard of Tent Girl?

And where's the follow up source saying these "racial" categories are some BS thought up by some people trying to justify colonialism?? I know this book is about identifying missing persons, but this is lazy science reporting. *eyeroll*

I do most of my reading these days around tiny hands.....

Between a Pick and So-So. The storytelling style didn't fit the subject matter. Too much jumping around when with true crime most of us want a linear narrative. It was still a great book. Fascinating subject. Lots of cultural references. Great listen on audio.