Here are more photographs related to the people and stories in NO STONE UNTURNED. We’ll be adding more as time goes on so visit us again.
NecroSearch International founder Jack Swanburg excavates a gravesite
Botanist Vickey Trammell
Forensic anthropologist Diane France climbs down a mineshaft to recover a victim
Jim Reed and John Lindemann
“Slobberologist” Al Nelson works with bloodhound “Becky”
NecroSearch members work on the proper way to lay a grid over a suspected gravesite
Michele Wallace disappeared in 1974 after giving a ride to serial killer Roy Melanson in Gunnison, Colorado
Eighteen years after Michele Wallace’s disappearance, Roy Melanson was convicted of her murder thanks in part to the efforts of NecroSearch International, the subject of NO STONE UNTURNED
Roy Melanson as he looks now at a Colorado prison
Kathy Young (Ireland) called in NecroSearch to help her convict Roy Melanson
NecroSearch members have a healthy sense of humor to deal with the dark side, including this Missing Pigs poster
Criminalist Jack Swanburg and Naturalist Cecilia Travis
NecroSearch International found the remains of Michele Wallace on Kebler Pass Road (photo taken in the Fall)
NecroSearch members working at the site where the remains of Michele Wallace were found
The leg bone of Michelle Wallace as it was found and uncovered by NecroSearch International
Naturalist Cecilia Travis, who found the skull of Michelle Wallace, sifts debris at the site
The skull of Michelle Wallace was identified through her dental work
Geophysicist and NecroSearch founder Clark Davenport searches for the grave of Diane Keidel with ground-penetrating radar machine
Diane Keidel, 34, disappeared in 1966 from her home in Phoenix
Lynn Eugene “Gene” Keidel was convicted of murdering his wife in 1995 thanks to Detective Ed Reynolds of the Phoenix Police Department and NecroSearch International
Gene Keidel before his death in 2004
The remains of Diane Keidel were located through the use of ground-penetrating radar by NecroSearch founder Clark Davenport
The nylons used to strangle Diane Keidel were located still wrapped around her neck
Cher Elder, 20, disappeared in 1993. Her remains were located by NecroSearch International in 1995
Thomas Luther, who murdered and buried Cher Elder, as he looks now
Luther buried Cher in a shallow grave and then piled rocks on top of her body
Christine Elkins was murdered and her body put in the trunk of her car that was then rolled into the Missour River
Tony Emery was convicted of murdering Christine Elkins after her body was found
ATF agent Mike Schmitz and Detective Randy Strong worked the Elkins case. Here they’re holding the license plate found on her submerged car
NecroSearch located this car in the Missouri River with the victim’s body still in the trunk
The remains of Christine Elkins were located in the trunk of her car
The reconstructed skull of Christine Elkins showed that she’d been struck with a blunt instrument, which matched witness testimony
NecroSearch geologist Jim Reed looks at remains of Romanov royal family
Diane France examines the skull of Tsar Nicholas II
Author Steve Jackson and dog-handler Mick Swindell at work in Russia drilling holes for the cadaver dog to sniff
Author (middle) with search team near Perm, Russia in June 2013
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Listening to this on Audiobook. Great work. It is reigniting my lifelong fascination with mystery and detective stories and true crime cases. I wonder if it is too late to reinvent myself and get into forensic work…