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When loved-ones go missing, the lives of their family members are turned upside-down. As the days and months turn into years, some families are caged in by their grief, while others become proactive -- renewing police contacts, keeping up with the latest technologies, and educating themselves as they strive to become their long-term missing persons' advocates. By inspiring hope, as well as providing answers and practical advice, The Long Term Missing: Hope and Help for Families assists families in navigating the uncharted territory they never chose to enter. Author Silvia Pettem also provides families with information to better understand how law-enforcement and related agencies work to solve missing persons cases. Along the way, she takes her readers behind the scenes, while emphasizing that every unidentified person is a missing person to someone else.
About the Author
Silvia Pettem is a Colorado-based historical researcher, newspaper columnist, writer and author. After local history research led her to the identification of a decades-old murder victim, Pettem switched from writing about history to the genre of true crime. In "Cold Case Chronicles: Mysteries, Murders & the Missing," she combines her interest in history with a passion for solving cases involving missing persons and unidentified remains. In 2010, Silvia became a Medal of Honor recipient of the Vidocq Society and is honored to be among its members. She's also an instructor in law enforcement training sessions sponsored by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and she works (as a volunteer) on missing person cases in the Detectives Section of the Boulder Police Department. Silvia's books related to cold case investigations include "Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe" (2009) , "Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing and Cold Homicide Cases" (2013) and "The Long Term Missing: Hope and Help for Families" (2017) . She can be reached through her website, www.silviapettem.com.
