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The Disappearance of Patricia Adkins

by Pete Dove

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A disappearance investigated through family ties and hidden complexities

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A disappearance investigated through family ties and hidden complexities

Pete Dove’s true-crime account centers on Patricia “Patti” Adkins, who disappeared in June 2001, and the investigation that followed. Family members’ certainty that she would not leave her young daughter frames the search, while detectives’ examination of her accounts and papers points to complications in her life that were not apparent from a distance. The book brings together the family’s perspective and the investigative work around a missing-person case, with the question of what happened to Patti at its core.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in true-crime accounts of missing-person investigations.
  • Readers drawn to cases shaped by family relationships and detectives’ inquiries.

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Missing personsFamily bondsInvestigationHidden aspects of a life

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Book overview

'Kiss, Kiss - love you sis, ' the goodbye that Patti Adkins shared with her sisters. How could they know that, at the end of June 2001, they would hear it from their younger sibling for the final time?
'You don't think that the worst is going to happen. You don't think it will be the last time you speak to your little sister, ' Jeanine Laurie recalled the shock of hearing of Patti's disappearance. Within just a few hours of receiving the appalling news, Jeanine had no doubt in her own mind that Patti knew her attacker.
'There's something wrong here. It just makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck.' Detective Jeff Stiers was involved in Patti's case. As he and his colleagues dug deeper, it became apparent that Patti's life was more complicated than it might seem from a distance.
Investigators searched her accounts, found her papers and determined that she had not run off. Friends and relatives could have told them this. They knew that nothing would drag Patti away from her daughter. Seven year old Michaley and her mom shared a bond as strong as any between mother and child.
What happened to Patti Adkins?

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