L.R. Gordan's Crime Writing

In the summer of 2012, Kortne Stouffer was a 21-year old working as a dog groomer and living with her boyfriend, Bradley Herr, in an apartment in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. Sometime in the early hours of July 29th, 2012, between the hours of 3:45 am and 7:00 am, Kortne vanished and has not been seen or heard…

Today, I’m going to be tackling a missing persons case that dates back to 1992, that of the Springfield Three. Not to be confused with the famous West Memphis Three  or the in some ways even more baffling Fort Worth Three (which I do plan on writing about at some point). This case is fairly…

Today, I want to talk about a missing persons’ case that, as of this past summer, over two decades old. This case has not exactly been ignored. In fact, it sparked one of the most extensive searches in Chicago’s history. Even now, two decades later, it hasn’t been entirely shifted to the back burner of…