Early on a mid-September morning in 2016, a call came in to the 911 dispatchers in Ashland, Ohio. A woman, speaking so softly the operator could barely hear her, claimed she had been abducted and was being held hostage in a vacant house near the downtown area. Her abductor was asleep in the bed. Officers arrived on the scene and were able to persuade the terrified woman to unlock a door so they could quietly get her out of harm's way. Then they went in and arrested Shawn Grate, unaware that this was the beginning of what might be Ashland's most infamous case ever. During his interviews with then-detective Mager, Grate confessed to there being bodies of two women that he had killed hidden in the house he was removed from. In later interviews, he directed them to the bodies of three more women in two different counties. Mager was able to form a connection with Grate that allowed her to give closure to his victims' families, but Mager can't help but wonder if there were more victims out there that he never told her about. This may not have been the most well written true crime book I've ever read, but it was still very compelling. That's probably at least partly due to the proximity of these events. I was a regular visitor to Ashland at this time because my parents lived near there. This is the sort of thing you hear about happening in far away places and big cities, not 28 miles down the road. It's a reminder to all of us that we need to be vigilant, no matter where we are.