The Criminal History of Elaine Perrant and the Connection to the Beverly McGowan Case

This chapter provides details about the criminal history of Elaine Perrant, including her arrest for shoplifting in 1976 and her theft of jewelry in 1985. Investigators believed that Perrant was the true identity of the elusive suspect in the Beverly McGowan case, known as Sam. The chapter ends with a discussion of the evidence in the McGowan case file, particularly the farewell letters written by Beverly and the decision to conduct forensic testing on a notepad.