Salt of the Earth
Jack Olsen
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1985 · Washington, United States
Brenda Gere
The story behind Salt of the Earth
Twelve-year-old Brenda Gere disappeared from her family’s Washington home in September 1985. The search devastated her parents and drew investigators toward Michael Kay Green, a man with a history of violence. The case followed the family’s struggle to learn what had happened after an ordinary afternoon became their daughter’s disappearance.
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When1985
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Salt of the Earth
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Suspicion — The Boogeyman (2016)
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The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast
[Bonus] The Tale of the Abduction & Murder of 12 Year Old Brenda Sue Gere
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Podcast coverage of the Brenda Gere case. Released April 21, 2017. About 15 minutes.
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Search reviewed 2026-09-16. Sources searched: Google Books, Internet Archive, Open Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, Google Books (case/title search), Scribd, Everand, OverDrive and hoopla (combined title search). Search indexing is incomplete; this is not an exhaustive list of the web. Access can change by edition, country and library membership. Library loans may require sign-in or a wait. Everand titles may need a paid subscription; a trial is not permanent free access. Scribd documents are third-party uploads, with uploader details noted where checked. We link to source pages and write our own descriptions rather than reproducing copyrighted books.
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Longview Daily News · 1985-11-11 · Page 16
The search for Brenda Gere affects her family
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Internet Archive · Library record · 1996
Salt of the earth : one family's journey through the violent American landscape
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The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast
[Bonus] The Tale of the Abduction & Murder of 12 Year Old Brenda Sue Gere
Video from The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast covering the Brenda Gere case. Length: 1:29:23.
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