Through the Rain: A True Crime Memoir of Murder and Survival by Marla Bernard

"In a hotel room at the east aspect of the town, a bit woman is brutally murdered by way of her mother’s sadistic boyfriend for failing to grasp her ABCs. The kinfolk disappears, besides the child’s physique, and the scene of the crime spans over 1,000 miles. regardless of the shortcoming of a physique, the detectives of the 1020 Squad receive a conviction however it will take one other 8 lengthy years sooner than the little girl’s is still come domestic to leisure. In a accident, the 1020 Squad no quicker closes the ultimate chapters of this example whilst the headless physique of a tiny lady is located discarded in a makeshift unload website within the woods Sgt. David Bernard and the 1020 Squad will paintings over 4 years, following 1,500 leads and carrying out the one biggest quarter canvass within the background of the Kansas urban, Missouri Police division ahead of discovering the real id of the probably orphaned little lady identified simply as “Precious Doe”.
Through the Rain is a candid and touching account of the painful impression that those brutal murders had on Sgt. Bernard, his relations and the KCPD’s 1020 squad. It chronicles the all too widespread tales of kid abuse, failed social companies, a improper courtroom approach, and battered ladies who sacrificed their very own youngsters to protect their abusive fans, echoing an analogous preposterous reasons of “…but i admire him”. it's the tale of a kinfolk, a bunch of dedicated volunteers and a group who reached out to embody Angel Lea Hart and Erica Michelle Marie eco-friendly aka invaluable Doe and provides them in demise the humanity and affection they so desperately deserved in life."