Lauren Spierer Update: What Happened to the Missing College Girl? By An investigative journalist’s new book gives an update on what may have happened to Lauren Spierer, a college student. Spierer was a 20-year-old Indiana University student when she disappeared in the early hours of June 3, 2011, per . The unsolved missing case previously aired in an episode of HLN’s Real Life Nightmare.
Shawn Cohen’s book College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight further looks into it. The book consists of new testimony and Cohen’s first-hand account. Spierer’s 2011 disappearance from Edgemont, New York, set off a widespread but unsuccessful search for her.
She was out partying with friends and was heavily intoxicated on the night she went missing. Authorities traced Spierer’s last location to a friend’s apartment, but she left the place and disappeared shortly after. At the time, she was a sophomore fashion student at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Over the years, authorities have received about 3,500 tips, but there has been no update on Lauren Spierer’s missing case. However, a few key persons of interest have been identified in Spierer’s missing case, reported USA Today. These people are Mike Beth, Corey Rossman, and Jay Rosenbaum.
Investigative journalist Shawn Cohen, who conducted several interviews, has also written about them in his book. Robert and Charlene Spierer had hired Cohen as a private investigator and cooperate.