This Night Wounds Time: The Mysterious Disappearances of Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley

THIS NIGHT WOUNDS TIME
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"I devoutly hope this book will ignite greater interest in the case, and that more investigation might result."

- Anne Rice, author of Angel Time, the Christ the Lord series, and Interview with the Vampire

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Cover design by Al Ridenour

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"No other missing persons case in the history of North Texas law enforcement has been as baffling as this one."

- Joe McKey,
Program Administrator,
Missing Persons Clearinghouse of the Texas Department of Public Safety,
August 19, 2001
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"For certain, [Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley] ended up down on Forest Lane...whoever's vehicle they got into, they knew them..."

- Ohlen L. Sapp,
original case investigator,
October 17, 2009
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"This case will only be solved by "getting that one person who knows something to come forward."

- Ida Madison,
mother of Stacie Madison,
June 6, 2009
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"I never thought this book would do more than just get the story back out there in the public eye again, but I am beginning to believe otherwise.
This book has a great chance of bringing closure to this story."

- Rich Smalley,
brother of Susan Smalley,
October 24, 2009
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THE FACTS:
Having spent a Saturday night devoted to carefree, youthful fun, 17-year-old Stacie Elisabeth Madison (right)
and 18-year-old Susan Renee Smalley (left), two seniors at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas, a
suburb of Dallas, were last seen in the Steak and Ale parking lot in nearby Addison, Texas between 12:30 a.m.
and 1:30 a.m on the morning of Sunday, March 20, 1988.

Photo by the author

Two days later, on Tuesday, March 22, 1988, Stacie Madison's 1967 Ford Mustang was discovered in the parking
lot of the Webbs Chapel Village on Forest Lane, the legendary cruise strip known to every North Dallas teenager
as the premier hot spot for meeting up with friends.

By all appearances, the girls parked and locked their car with every intention of returning to it later, and then
proceeded to their final destination with persons unknown. Where they went in those early morning hours,
what their plans were, and the extent to which they knew the enigmatic person(s) from whom they accepted
this mysterious ride are questions that remain unanswered 22 years later.

Photo courtesy of Ida Madison

Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley have not been seen or heard from since the night they
disappeared in 1988 and - with the exception of a "person of interest" whom original case
investigators assert has yet to be "properly eliminated as a suspect in the case" - substantive
leads suggesting what may have become of the girls have never materialized.

Photo by the author
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THE BOOK:
Written by Shawn Sutherland, and featuring original landscape illustrations by photographer Laura Marie
Jimenez, This Night Wounds Time is based upon the author's original research. Of these efforts, writer
Dan Marvin has said, "The book is extremely well researched. Sutherland talked to virtually everyone
associated with the case that would talk to him. This included parents, friends, police detectives, and
even the most likely suspect."

The book, which is being sold at cost to raise awareness regarding the case, tells the intertwined stories
of: the lives of these two young women; the history of their hometown, including recollections about
cruising Forest Lane; what is known about the fateful night on which the girls disappeared; theories and
speculation regarding their final fates, including a chapter devoted exclusively to the person of interest
whom the Madison and Smalley families, as well as the original case investigators, believe the Carrollton
Police Department should reconsider; and the haunting impact their mysterious disappearances still have
on the Carrollton/Farmers Branch community today.

This Night Wounds Time is available for purchase online via Amazon and the publisher. Individuals living
in or near the Carrollton, Texas area may purchase autographed copies of This Night Wounds Time at
The Vintage House, 1101 E. Belt Line Road, Carrollton, Texas 75006. Please call 972-242-5616 for additional
details.

The book may also be checked out at The Carrollton Public Library, The Farmers Branch Manske Library,
and The Colony Public Library.
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In January 2009, a former classmate of Stacie's and Susan's created a Facebook Group in their memory.

Visit also http://www.missinggirlsbook.blogspot.com/.

Please direct questions or comments to Shawn Sutherland at shawn_sutherland_1964@hotmail.com.

Thank you for your continued interest in Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley.
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