THE FACTS:

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, the final day of Spring Break.


Photo by the author

The next day, Stacie Madison's 1967 Ford Mustang was discovered in the Webbs Chapel Village parking lot on nearby
Forest Lane, an area well known amongst North Dallas teenagers as the premier hot spot for cruising around in cars
and just hanging out with friends.  By all appearances, the two girls parked and locked their car on Forest Lane with
every intention of returning to it later, and then proceeded to an indeterminate location with persons unknown.
Where they were going and with whom, what their plans were, and the extent to which they knew the persons
from whom they accepted a ride are questions that remain unanswered to this day.


Photo courtesy of Ida Madison

Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley have not been seen or heard from since the night of their disappearances
and - with the exception of one "person of interest" whom the original case investigators believe was
"not ever properly eliminated as a suspect in the case" - no substantive leads regarding what became of the
girls have ever materialized. 

    
Photo by the author 
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THE BOOK:

Written by Shawn Sutherland, This Night Wounds Time is based upon original research, including interviews
with five of the investigators assigned to the case at various times, the girls' parents, siblings and friends,
and features original landscape illustrations by photographer Laura Marie Jimenez.

The book, which is being sold at cost, 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 that
fateful night; theories and speculation regarding the girls' 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 now available via Amazon or direct from 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.

Please direct questions or comments to shawn_sutherland_1964@hotmail.com.

Thank you for your continued interest in Stacie Madison and Susan Smalley.  
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In January 2009, a former classmate of Stacie's and Susan's created a Facebook Group in their memory.

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