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Freelance journalist working on a reported feature examining how Joseph Lee Fordham's letters and riddles to investigators ultimately led to his identification as the killer of 11-year-old Mary Stiles, who disappeared while trick-or-treating in Baytown, Texas, in 1985. Seeking former FBI behavioral profilers, forensic linguists, criminal psychologists specializing in offender communications, and juvenile crime experts. Ideally looking for 2-3 sources, with interviews to be conducted by phone or email.

Freelance journalist working on a reported feature exploring the 1959 murders of the Clutter family by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, and how the case became linked with Truman Capote as he researched and wrote In Cold Blood, timed to the 20th anniversary of the film Infamous this October. Seeking Truman Capote scholars or biographers, literary historians specializing in In Cold Blood, journalism ethics experts who can speak to Capote's relationship with his subjects, Kansas historians familiar with the Clutter case, and legal historians familiar with the Smith and Hickock trials and executions. Ideally looking for 2-3 sources, with interviews to be conducted by phone or email.