Tag: Seattle Times

She stole another’s identity and took her secret to the grave

My unsolved mystery story that went viral, prompting throngs of amateur sleuths to try to crack the case. After the mystery was solved, I turned it into a book for Kindle and Audible. It was featured on WNYC’s On the Media. 

Coaches Who Prey

This yearlong project, published as a four-day series in 2003, now seems prescient: an investigation of sexual abuse by high school coaches, and the system that allowed them to flourish. Told through scores of in-depth interviews with sex abuse victims, perpetrators, parents and educators, the series changed lives and changed laws. It’s been cited in everything from Title IX textbooks to instructional material for police investigators. All thanks to the young women who had the courage to come forward.