If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation

A heart-wrenching and beautifully crafted memoir about a woman who escaped years of domestic violence—and her sister, who did not.

In April 2002, Janine Latus’s youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved, it read, but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways. Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not pro...