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In April 2002, Janine Latus's youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the within of her desk drawer. Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved, it read, but I fear I've placed myself at risk in many ways. Predicated on his criminal past, writing this out just appears like the smart move to make. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me...
That same spring Janine Latus was struggling to leave her marriage -- a married relationship to a handsome and successful man. A married relationship others emulated. A married relationship in which she felt she could do nothing right and everything wrong. A married relationship in which she felt afraid, controlled, inadequate, and trapped.
Ten weeks later, Janine Latus had left her marriage. She was on a business trip to the East Coast, savoring her freedom, attending a work conference, when she received a call from her sister Jane asking if she'd heard from Amy. Immediately, Janine's blood ran cold. Amy was missing.
Helicopters went up and search dogs went. Coworkers and neighbors and members of the family plastered missing posters with Amy's picture across the county. It took more than two weeks to find Amy's body, wrapped in a tarpaulin and buried at a building site. It took almost 2 yrs before her killer, her former boyfriend Ron Ball, was sentenced on her behalf murder.
Amy died in silent fear and pain. Haunted by this, Janine Latus turned her journalistic eye inward. How, she wondered, did two seemingly well-adjusted, successful women end up in strings of physically or emotionally abusive relationships with men? If I Am Missing or Dead is a heart-wrenching journey of discovery as Janine Latus traces the roots of her own -- and her sister's -- victimization with unflinching candor. This beautifully written memoir will move readers from the first to the last page. Simultaneously a confession, a call to break the cycle of abuse, and a deeply felt love letter to her baby sister, Amy Lynne Latus, If I Am Missing or Dead is an unforgettable read.
