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Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Dedication
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  18. Thirteen
  19. Fourteen
  20. Fifteen
  21. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  22. Sixteen
  23. Seventeen
  24. Eighteen
  25. Nineteen
  26. Twenty
  27. Twenty-One
  28. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  29. Twenty-Two
  30. Twenty-Three
  31. Twenty-Four
  32. Twenty-Five
  33. Twenty-Six
  34. Twenty-Seven
  35. Twenty-Eight
  36. Twenty-Nine
  37. Thirty
  38. Thirty-One
  39. Thirty-Two
  40. Thirty-Three
  41. Thirty-Four
  42. From the Missing Journal of Candace Swain
  43. Thirty-Five
  44. Thirty-Six
  45. Thirty-Seven
  46. Thirty-Eight
  47. From the Journal of Candace Swain
  48. Thirty-Nine
  49. Forty
  50. Forty-One
  51. Forty-Two
  52. Forty-Three
  53. Forty-Four
  54. Forty-Five
  55. Forty-Six
  56. Forty-Seven
  57. Letter Found in the Journal of Candace Swain
  58. Forty-Eight
  59. Acknowledgments
  60. Booklist
  61. Excerpt

“Lizzy had never done this before, but she learned everything practically overnight,” he said. “I couldn’t do this without her.”

“Good friends are hard to come by,” Regan said. She thought of Jessie, who would do anything for her. And likewise.

Lucas pulled two semicold water bottles from his backpack, put one in front of her. “I’ll introduce you first, ask a bit about US Marshals, then why I asked you to join me, then I’ll read the email, okay?” He opened his laptop and turned a page to her. “I’m going to read this by way of introduction. Good?”

She skimmed the brief bio. “Yes, perfect. Slick to mention my dad.”

“Yeah, well, anything I can do to command authority, or whatever it is that people are waiting for before they call. And I know they’re out there.”

Lucas and Lizzy tested all the equipment, then she started the countdown. The on-air light came on above the door, which they could see through the booth. Lizzy controlled the music lead-in, then Lucas took over. He gave a brief summary of the last two episodes then said, “With me tonight is NAU alum and former US Marshal Regan Merritt. Regan majored in criminal justice and psychology. She follows a long line of law enforcement—her grandfather was a forest ranger in Kaibab, her father was the elected sheriff of Coconino County for sixteen years before retiring three years ago, and her brother is a deputy sheriff for Maricopa County. The last six of her thirteen years in the Marshals Service she served as part of the Fugitive Apprehension Unit.”

He explained what the Marshals Service did, then said, “I planned on asking Regan questions about missing persons and witness recollection, and I will do that later in the episode, but first I want to read an email I received from someone who signed it A Concerned Sister. She chose to come forward after hearing our caller on Friday.”

He read the key part of the email, leaving out the comment about the sorority protecting its image.

“I saw Candace driving like a bat out of hell into Mountain View parking. It was around ten at night, two days after the party, Sunday night, and she almost hit me. I don’t know if that helps you, but I’d get in trouble if I called.”

Lucas paused to let the comment sink in, then he detailed the timeline. “On Friday night, Taylor James and several other people saw Candace Swain leave the party shortly after midnight. She was angry and upset about an argument that witnesses state was critical of her for not calling the police about the presence of Joseph Abernathy on campus.