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My name is Sasha Reynolds. I was born and raised in Frederick, Maryland. I lived in Knoxville for twelve years before moving to Alabama in 1988. While I was a resident there, a 15-year-old girl, Michelle Anderson, went missing from the North Knoxville neighborhood in which I resided. My son had been a classmate of hers. After she disappeared, I had some marginal contact with a couple of persons related to her case. Not long after that I accepted a job offer in Alabama and moved away. But the case stayed with me. It was nearly a decade later, as I watched one of the new forensic shows on television, that I finally learned of her fate. Her remains had been found outside Knoxville two years to the month after she'd gone missing. My old professor, Dr. William Bass, led the team that excavated the site. He was featured on the show discussing the case. Fast forward to 2007. I run into Dr. Bass when he is giving a talk in Guntersville, Alabama, about a new book he and his co-author, Jon Jefferson, have just published (Jefferson Bass, Harper-Collins). Obtaining his phone number, I call Dr. Bass concerning the old, very cold case of Michelle's disappearance. He sends me his forensic report from 1989 and some additional materials. My investigative journey begins. When that journey ends, seven years later, after having met with victims, former police and FBI investigators, and a savvy assistant DA, I have identified the man most likely to be Michelle's abductor and murderer, serial rapist Larry Lee Smith. As a result of my work, the KPD re-opens her cold case. My book, Similar Transactions, tells the rest of the story. Reception has been excellent and I was thrilled that my story received the 2017 eLIT True Crime Gold Award, and IAN (Independent Authors Network) Outstanding True Crime Book of the Year Award for 2017. Today I live with my husband in rural North Alabama, along with two rescued dogs and two rescued cats.

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