After Mandy and Liz noticed a local woman named Jeannine posting information about the boat crash on Facebook, Mandy reached out. Jeannine responded within minutes and told her about a video circulating on Facebook that was taken moments before the crash occurred. In...
Connor Cook called 911 the night of the boat crash on Archers Creek. In the audio below, you can hear the raw emotions of Connor and the other girls that were on the boat as they called for help and realized Mallory was missing. In the initial days after the boat...
Right after college, Mandy accepted a position as the editor of The Daily Guide in Waynesville, Missouri, before transitioning to the editor at Commerical-News in Danville, Illinois. Although there were beautiful sunsets, cold midwest winters allowed her to realize...
by Carolyn Murnick Titles can be such a tricky process. Often a project sells to a publisher with one title, and it goes through many iterations as the manuscript gets ready for publication. So many considerations come into play: mood, key words, and what’s called...
When you need information from the government, FOIA and your state’s open records laws are your most important tool. FOIA is short for Freedom of Information Act, a federal law that ensures citizens have access to government records. Each state also has its own laws...
Sandy Smith found herself mostly on her own as she tried to understand what happened to her son, Stephen Smith, in July 2015. With conflicting reports between the investigative agencies, apparent disagreement between officers and the medical examiner, and the...