I still remember the day in June 2002 when our local news reported the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart. We live in a suburb north of Salt Lake City, where Elizabeth lived, and the state community immediately rallied around her family and searched frantically for her. She had been kidnapped at knife-point from her Salt Lake... Continue Reading →
What would you do if your child had committed a crime as serious as murder? What if that child denied it and you believed him? This is the premise of William Landay’s book Defending Jacob (2012). Andrew Barber is a district attorney, handling a case of a boy in his son’s class found murdered in... Continue Reading →
While driving on the winding highway through Sardine Canyon, an area sparse of houses besides the occasional farm and dilapidated, weather-beaten barn, I listened with aching suspense as the murder of the Clutter family was relayed to me via book on CD. I travel this road twice a week for school, and the mountainous surroundings... Continue Reading →
It’s time to come clean. I live in Utah. I don’t know why, but when I started this blog I felt compelled to keep that from you. Call it a desire to be anonymous or a desire to avoid scrutiny. I guess my motives don't really matter, but my motive for telling you today does. ... Continue Reading →
The Bookshelf of Emily J. 