In Light of All Darkness : Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book "embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation: the kidnapping of Polly Klaas, a case as pivotal in the history of the FBI as the Unabomber or Oklahoma City bombing. On October 1, 1993, [Polly] was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends. ... This rarest of all kidnappings--a stranger abduction from the home--triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history. Riddled with red herrings, grave mistakes, dead ends, and false leads, from fake ransom calls to junior high pranks to dramatic SWAT raids, the 65-day search for 'America's child' became every FBI agent's--and every parent's--worst nightmare. ... Many of these investigators have never shared their stories-until now"--