Vanished in Vermillion: The Real Story of South Dakota’s Most Infamous Cold CaseIn May 1971, Pam Jackson and Sherri Miller were two seventeen-year-olds driving to an end-of-the-school-year party in a rundown Studebaker Lark when they seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth. Police back then didn’t do enough to try and find them. Investigators thirty years later did too much. Two families endure decades of pain as they await answers of what happened to their girls. When a third family is pulled into the mystery, they quickly learn their nightmare is just beginning.
“Lou’s terrific storytelling and investigative skills give the reader a front-row seat as he unravels this bizarre case, chock-full of twists and turns.” —Caroline Lowe, veteran crime journalist and member of the FindJodi team |
Contents
The Theories | |
The Photograph | |
Offerdahls Efforts | |
The Prosecutor | |
The Grand Jury | |
The Indictment | |
The Arrest | |
Murder Charges | |
The Defense | |
The Voice | |
The Pretrial Hearing | |
Life without Pam and Sherri | |
PART II | |
The Article and the Detective | |
The Suspect | |
Davids Past | |
The Cold Case Unit | |
The Sister | |
The Interrogation | |
The Search | |
The Lykken Family | |
Mary Anns Confrontation | |
Foggy Memories | |
The Hypnotist | |
The Second Search | |
The Cousin | |
The Snitch | |
Black Crow Meets Lykken | |
The Confession | |
The | |
The News Breaks | |
Perjury and Fallout | |
The Lawsuit | |
PART III | |
The Discovery | |
The Phone Call | |
The Excavation | |
The Press Conference | |
Brule Creek | |
David Lykken | |
Rods Reaction | |
Taking Responsibility | |
Scrutinizing the Evidence | |
False Memories | |
Remembering Pam and Sherri | |
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