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“There are so many ways to tell it, and all of them are important. But each way paints a very different picture and leads down a different road.”

Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

June 8, 2025 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Like many of my millennial siblings I partake in quite a bit of true crime content. Over the years it’s become important to me that the content I consume is doing the work of being ethical in how it portrays the victims and their loved ones. I’m not here for tragedy porn, I’m here because the hows and whys of human interaction fascinate me and sometimes those interactions are negative.    Which is perhaps why Lay Them to Rest found its way onto my to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cold cases, forensic science, history of forensics, John and Jane Does, Laurah Norton, Lay Them to Rest, true crime

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: cold cases, forensic science, history of forensics, John and Jane Does, Laurah Norton, Lay Them to Rest, true crime ·
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