(NewsNation) — A new book, “College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight,” reveals new information about the disappearance of Lauren Spierer after 13 years with no answers.
Spierer, a student at Indiana University, went out for a night with friends. She was never seen again. The last people who saw her said she was extremely intoxicated as a man took her back to a townhouse complex.
The book, written by reporter Shawn Cohen, was put together with the cooperation of Spierer’s parents and included new details uncovered by a private investigator the family hired after being frustrated by the lack of progress by the Bloomington Police Department.
That includes on-the-record statements from Corey Rossman and Jay Rosenbaum, among the last people who are believed to have seen Spierer alive and who are described as combative and defensive. It also includes information from an unreleased video showing Rossman and an extremely intoxicated Spierer.
The book also delves into and dismisses a number of theories and suspects circulated online by people who have followed the case, including a serial killer who was active in the area, a man convicted of a different abduction and a police officer accused of child exploitation.
The case remains unsolved, and the young men who were last with Spierer, including Rossman and Rosenbaum, lawyered up shortly after her disappearance. Little is known about her last hours, and there remains no proof that she left the townhouse complex alive, as Rosenbaum claimed she did.
Bloomington police have said Rossman and Rosenbaum were cooperative with investigators. However, the department’s investigation has been criticized by those in the community.
When NewsNation covered the Spierer case, the Bloomington police declined to be interviewed, citing department policy.
Spierer’s parents continue to ask for anyone with information to come forward and help them finally understand what happened to their daughter. Anyone with information can call the Bloomington Police Department at 812-339-4477.
