Vanished

BRUCE AND JANA KOKLICH SEEMED TO HAVE IT ALL- On a summer night in August, 2001, Jana Carpenter Koklich, daughter of former California State Senator Paul Carpenter, came home from an Eric Clapton concert, went inside her house, and was never seen again. But even before her blood-laden SUV was found abandoned in a high-crime area's ramshackle garage, suspicion had already fallen on her husband Bruce. A LUCRATIVE CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, A LUXURIOUS HOME, A SOLID MARRIAGE, AND A FUTURE THAT SEEMED UNLIMITED... Bruce's yearning for a big financial score, his shady business deals, and evidence that he was later trying to coerce his own teenage niece into a sordid affair, all signaled a dire warning. So, too, did his million-dollar insurance policy on Jana's life. UNTIL IT ALL... From the start Bruce maintained his innocence. But the circumstances of Jana's disappearance would result in two stunning trials that would eventually reveal deadly secrets of greed, sex, and murder. And even after the verdict, the secrets would continue... VANISHEDSmith, Carlton is the author of 'Vanished', published 2005 under ISBN 9780312986094 and ISBN 0312986092.