Publisher's Synopsis
Here is the true story of the disappearance, pursuit, and discovery of a violated, murdered, buried eight-year-old girl, including and the police tracking, arrest, and classic trial which led to the conviction of the murderer. In Little Girl Is Missing, Samuel Roen gives the full details of Florida's most heinous sexual murder, and places readers right in the midst of the unfolding drama. The grim man-hunt is described, as the author reveals the community fervour that boils up in reaction to the horror of the crime, and the great police work, which includes the interminable investigation and interrogation of hundreds of suspects and painstaking attention to every clue. Covering three years of careful work, "A Little Girl is Missing" is dramatic reportage.
