Description:
Eighteen missing people, multiple families grieving, and one person looking for answers in this forensic and moving re-examination of some of Australia's most heartbreaking missing persons cases
Every 14 minutes in Australia, someone vanishes. Of the 38,000 missing persons reported each year, most return. But for the families of those who don't, it's a nightmare they never wake up from.
There are currently 2600 long-term missing Australians. On top of that, 700 unidentified bodies lie in morgues and unmarked graves across the country, silent mysteries waiting to be solved.
In this powerful and gripping collection of real-life cases, Meni Caroutas - a former cop turned investigative journalist - reviews old evidence, hunts new leads and recounts shocking developments surrounding the disappearance or murder of 18 people. From the baffling case of a deceased newborn sent in the mail from Melbourne to Darwin, to the haunting abduction of 16-year-old Gordana Kotevski in 1994, and the chilling possibility of a 14-year-old girl falling victim to notorious serial killer Ivan Milat, these are cases that have left behind shattered parents, traumatised families and grieving friends still searching for answers.
Meni sounds the plea Someone, somewhere, knows something, because this book isn't just about stories - it's about truth, hope and the relentless pursuit of justice for those who can no longer speak for themselves.
Brief description:
Meni Caroutas is the host of The Missing Australia, which has garnered almost 3 million downloads and consistently ranks at the top of the True Crime charts.
A former policeman at Kings Cross in the 1980s, Meni turned to journalism and has since worked on Channel 10's Hard Copy, Channel Nine's Missing Person's Unit, and has appeared as a guest on many shows and media outlets, including Gary Jubelin's I Catch Killers, Justine Ford's Unsolved Australia, Kidspot, Mamamia and many true crime podcasts.
Meni lives just north of Wollongong in New South Wales.