Footsteps in the Snow by Charles Lachman

 aired the week of January 6, 2025

 Footsteps in the Snow by Charles Lachman is the story of the coldest case in U.S. history. On December 3, 1957, a seven-year-old named Maria Ridulph was kidnapped while playing outside in the snow. Despite a near-immediate search party, Maria's body wasn't found until the spring. Even with state police cooperating with the FBI, the case had little evidence and few leads, so it went cold until a deathbed confession nearly 50 years later brought new evidence to light. Charles Lachman tells how the Ridulph family finally got justice five decades after the death of Maria in this thrilling true crime novel.