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"The Untold Story of Princess Doe"

Presented by Author Christie Napurano

On July 15, 1982, the bludgeoned body of a teenage girl was found in a cemetery in the farm town of Blairstown, New Jersey. On July 15th, 2022, forty years later, she was publicly identified.

* Use this link to join our virtual program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86148066855

Background: Her untimely death captured the hearts of the townspeople, who dubbed her “Princess Doe”, and kept the rest of the nation on the edge of their seats waiting for a resolution that never came. Until recently, the case was still open and Princess Doe had remained as nameless and faceless as the day she was found.

Who was she? And how did she end up there? Based on one of the saddest true unsolved crime stories in New Jersey’s history, “The Untold Story of Princess Doe” begins two years before the young girl’s untimely demise and discovery, creating a harrowing fictional account that gives a name and a story to a girl who has been anonymous for far too long.

Update: She was seventeen year old Dawn Olanick from Bohemia, New York. It took forty years to discover who she was. 

Arthur Kinlaw (who is currently incarcerated for the murder of two other young women) is being formally charged with her murder.

Hear the story to give Dawn her identity back from the devoted people who worked on this case.

Each year, hundreds of young girls go missing and are unaccounted for. This heartbreaking story is just one of many.

****The police officer who found Dawn's body in 1982, Eric Kranz will be joining us for this virtual program. Also, joining us will be retired Stephen Speirs Jr., a lieutenant with the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, and​ who​ since 1999​,​ ​was the lead investigator into Dawn's death.

At the conclusion of the program please feel free to take a brief online survey here:
https://www.projectoutcome.org/responses/65226

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AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Author Talk |

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