Lorrie Miller mentioned it first. She said something like, “I don’t get your new blog. I’m confused. Nobody’s going to understand what you’re talking about unless they’ve read the book,” referring of course to What Happened in Craig. She’s right. And…
There’s a method to the madness. Once folks have read the book — or start reading the book — all these posts will gain immeasurably in significance and nuance. The Investor murders are, indeed, Alaska’s worst unsolved mass murder. As noted elsewhere, it was a complex case from the get-go.
FV Investor, Washington State 1982 (FisheryNation.com)
So that’s the first thing. With a case this complex and long-drawn-out, with literally thousands of pages of court records, there is much that ends up being left out of a 248 page book. Look at this blog as a chance to read some of the details that didn’t make it into the final version of What Happened in Craig.
Details like information about the many suspects that troopers initially interviewed. Details like what it takes to go salmon fishing on a purse seiner (I know a little bit about that, because as part of my research I worked on a seine boat in Southeast Alaska). Details like coverage of the Grand Jury proceedings that, twice, resulted in the indictment of a suspect. Ok, I’m only hinting here, but still hoping this will leave you a little less confused.
The second thing is SEO. That’s an acronym for “Search Engine Optimization.” Yuck. It’s technical stuff. Suffice it to say that I want Google, and search engines in general, to recognize What Happened in Craig in their search results. As it took with Butcher, Baker, that means lots of writing and SEO tricks. I’m up to it. Hell yeah.
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