Meet Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one buried under the wrong name, one in a coma and being cared for by the wrong family. This shocking case of mistaken identity stunned the country and made national news. Would it destroy a family? Shatter their faith? Push two families into bitterness, resentment, and guilt? Two traumatized families describe their ordeal and explore the bond sustaining and uniting them as they deal with their bizarre reversal...

After a van accident resulted in five deaths,Taylor University faculty, students, and families grieved their losses and joined in hope as one young woman, Laura Van Ryn, fought for her life in a hospital bed. Five weeks later came a shocking surprise to the families of students Laura Van Ryn and Whitney Cerak: one had been buried under the wrong name, one had been in a coma and cared for by the wrong family. This case of mistaken identity stunned...

Before Robert Ressler coined the term serial killer, the crimes committed by these sociopaths were known as stranger murders. Set apart from all other murders, they are the most difficult to solve: where there is no connection between murderer and victim, nor between on victim and the next, there is no way to fathom the identity of the perpetrator. Since Ressler's retirement from the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, the world has seen a disastrous international...