Lost Girls

The Lost Girls is a true crime novel that tells the story of the murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter Khandalyce, and how the case was cracked. The remains of a young woman were found in Belanglo State Forest in 2010, and were identified as Khandalyce's mother, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, in 2015. The perpetrator, Ivan Milat, had tortured and slain seven young backpackers in the forest in the 1990s.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 05 November 2020
Publisher: ABC Books

In August 2010, the bones of a young woman were discovered in Belanglo State Forest, where years earlier, Ivan Milat had tortured and killed seven young backpackers. Dubbed "Angel," her remains lay unidentified for years. Who was she, how did she die, and at whose hand?

Then, in July 2015, the bones of a child were found in a suitcase by a highway in South Australia. Months later, a call to Crime Stoppers led to an identification. Two-year-old Khandalyce Pearce had left Alice Springs in 2008 with her mother and had not been seen since. Through DNA, Angel was quickly identified as Khandalyce's mother, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. In the grimmest of scenarios, mother and daughter were reunited at last.

The Lost Girls is the chilling true story of this heinous double murder and how police tracked down the perpetrator, who not only killed the girls but stole the young mother's identity to defraud authorities and her family. Gripping and authentic, The Lost Girls celebrates the short lives of a young woman and her daughter, and the investigators determined to bring them home.

Weight: 282g
Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780733335969