True Crime Author & Journalist
Doug Kari
Lying in a shallow grave to imagine the carnage that occurred there. Scouring a remote corner of Death Valley to discover a key clue in a missing person case. Venturing into Mexico to bring Hannah Kobayashi, the subject of an international search, back to the United States.
Doug Kari investigates true crime and missing person cases firsthand and in depth.
One reviewer called Doug’s first book, The Berman Murders, “a well-researched look at journalistic obsession.” He drew nationwide coverage for his work in Hannah’s case. He wrote groundbreaking news stories about the Karlie Gusé missing person case and the murder of Baby Emmanuel.
A confirmed adventurer who follows wherever his stories may lead, Doug has walked though migrant camps in Mexico and driven jeep roads into remote villages in the Marquesas Islands.
An English major at U.C. Berkeley, Doug received his law degree from U.C. Law San Francisco. His stories have run in LA Weekly, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Long Beach Post, the LA Times, the San Francisco Daily Journal, and other respected outlets.
The Berman Murders:
Unraveling the Mojave Desert's Most Mysterious Unsolved Crime
At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff’s office eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered. As years passed and the double homicide remained unsolved, the Berman case spawned speculation and conjecture. Despite extensive investigation by local and federal authorities, to date there’s never been an arrest made in the case – let alone a conviction. But this doesn’t mean the crime is unsolvable.
After years of investigation, research, and interviews, Kari was able to link the Berman murders to a Cambodian sex crimes and trafficking case involving a former Marine. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Berman murders and uncover the likely suspect.
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