On a large map of north america on his office wall, paulides has identified 59 clusters of people missing on federal wildlands in the u. s. Missing 411 canada is the ninth book in the series and is the only book dedicated to one country. The stories inside are an accumulation of cases from past editions, plus 65 new. Former lawman david paulides has seen enough missing persons case files to be able to spot a pattern. The “missing 411” author talks with investigative reporter george knapp.
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