TWILIGHT INNOCENCE The Disappearance of Beverly Potts

Softcover. Ten-year old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9pm the evening of August 24, 1951, at Halloran Park on Cleveland's West Side. She and her neighbour and friend Patricia Swing had gone to see the Showagon - a troupe of singers, dancers, magicians, and other performers that travelled around Cleveland's neighbourhood parks during the summer giving free performances. Patricia had to be home before dark, but Beverly's parents told her she could stay until the show was over. When she was still not home by 9.30, her father and sister went out looking for her. They returned home at 10.30 without her and called the Cleveland police. Beverly Potts had disappeared without a trace or any evidence of her fate. The author re-examines the events leading up to Beverly Potts's disappearance and the subsequent police investigation and over-the-top, sensational publicity in the Cleveland press. His interviews with detectives assigned to this still-open case and his examination of police records provide a chronology of the false leads and hoaxes that culminated in this disturbing case of dead end after dead end. The author draws comparisons between investigative techniques of the time and more modern ones and examines the social and historical context in his analysis of the more than half-century of public fascination with this case. Those who remember the kidnapping and still wonder what happened to Beverly Potts will look for clues in this book. Illus., Bibliographical Note and Index. 194pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.