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Malcom Is Missing: A True Story of Murder and a Daughter's Quest for Justice in Mexico

by Robert Osborne

A search for answers across borders

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A search for answers across borders

Robert Osborne’s account follows Brooke Mullins’s effort to find her missing father, Canadian artist Malcom Madsen, after he disappears in Mexico in 2018. The search becomes a prolonged struggle for information and accountability, involving video evidence, GPS data, and dealings with Mexican authorities. The book traces the personal and legal obstacles Mullins faces as she seeks her father’s remains and justice for those responsible, placing a family’s unresolved loss within a wider account of pursuing a case across national borders.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in true-crime accounts involving missing persons and investigations.
  • Readers seeking nonfiction about families pursuing answers through legal systems abroad.
  • Readers interested in a Canadian family’s search for justice in Mexico.

Themes

Missing personsFamily and lossCross-border justicePersistence in seeking accountability

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Book overview

Based on the award-winning CBC documentary, Malcom is Missing tells the story of a single mother of two from small-town Canada who looks for her missing father in Mexico and ends up taking on one of the most corrupt justice systems in the world.

 



  • WINNER! Best Documentary - Los Angeles Crime + Horror Film Festival

  • WINNER! Best Documentary - Anatomy: Crime + Horror International Film Festival

  • WINNER! Outstanding Excellence - Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

  • WINNER! Best International Documentary - Austin International Film Festival

  • WINNER! Best Crime (Long Feature Film) - Calgary Independent Film Festival
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    In October 2018, Brooke Mullins hastily packed a small bag and boarded a flight to Mexico. But it wasn't for leisure. Five days prior, she received harrowing news: her father, Canadian artist Malcom Madsen, had vanished. Driven by an instinct that all was not well, Brooke embarked on a quest to find him.



    Within days, her worst fears were confirmed: it seemed Malcom had met a tragic end. Armed with a damning video capturing his drugging, GPS data tracing his car to a remote jungle spot on the night of his disappearance, and a series of relatively misleading statements from his Mexican girlfriend, Brooke turned to Mexican authorities, hoping for closure.



    Yet, even after numerous gruelling years and over $300,000 spent, closure eludes her grasp. Despite the emotional and legal hurdles, Brooke persists, propelled by twin objectives: to recover her father's remains and to ensure justice for his perpetrators. Many might deem challenging Mexico's notoriously corrupt legal system a fool's errand, especially for a 42-year-old single mother from Port Hope, Ontario. But Brooke Mullins dismissed such doubts, steadfast in her resolve to fight on.

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