What happened to the missing student?

An investigative journalist's new book takes stock of what may have happened to missing student Lauren Spierer. Spierer was a 20-year-old student at Indiana University when she disappeared in the early hours of June 3, 2011, according to People Magazine. The unsolved missing person case previously aired on an episode of HLN's Real Life Nightmare. Shawn Cohen's book, College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Dispared in Plain Sight, delves into this in more detail. The book consists of new testimonies and Cohen's first-hand account.

Spierer's disappearance in 2011 in Edgemont, New York, sparked a widespread but unsuccessful search for her. She was partying with friends and was very drunk the night she disappeared. Authorities traced Spierer's last location to a friend's apartment, but she left the scene and disappeared shortly after. At the time, she was a sophomore fashion major at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Over the years, authorities have received approximately 3,500 tips, but there have been no updates on the case of Lauren Spierer's disappearance. However, a few key persons of interest have been identified in the case of Spierer's disappearance, USA Today reported. These people are Mike Beth, Corey Rossman and Jay Rosenbaum. Investigative journalist Shawn Cohen, who conducted several interviews, also talked about it in his book. Robert and Charlene Spierer had hired Cohen as a private investigator and cooperated with him on the book.

Update from Lauren Spierer: Is there a suspect in the disappearances case?

While there have been no direct updates on the Lauren Spierer missing case, Shawn Cohen is speaking out about a few persons of interest. Authorities have not named a suspect in the decade-old case, but according to USA Today, the book provides some details that likely occurred the night of the disappearance.

Corey Rossman and Jay Rosenbaum, who Cohen said were the last people to see Spierer that night, are speaking out on the record. The journalist writes in his book that what happened to Lauren Spierer that night “can only be told by the four young men who were there.” He claimed the men were Corey Rossman, Jay Rosenbaum, Mike Beth and Bleznak, according to People Magazine.

Cohen wrote how Rossman claimed through his lawyer that “he suffered a memory lapse from the Smallwood punch and that Bleznak was supposed to be asleep.” His allegations left “Rosenbaum and Beth as the exclusive narrators” of the events of the night of Spierer's disappearance. Their two accounts had discrepancies despite their assertion that they were only trying to help the intoxicated 20-year-old.

Shawn Cohen's book informs readers of Jay Rosenbaum and Mike Beth's claims regarding Lauren Spierer's case. They couldn't always answer “how Lauren left Rossman's house to join Rosenbaum's house. Their claims also didn't address “what Lauren did once inside” their homes.

Cohen wrote: “During her evening, she met with dozens of witnesses. » Additionally, several security cameras spotted her and she left behind key evidence. However, all traces disappeared when “she reached these row houses, where she disappeared.” The reporter also questioned whether she even made it out of Rosenbaum's house alive.

In another update, investigators also considered Wolff, Lauren Spierer's boyfriend, a person of interest. The book said Wolff claimed “he was asleep at the time” after waiting for his call that night. However, while investigators “followed countless leads,” the trail always led them back to the “boyfriend.” Cohen added that Wolff “was missing in his final hours.”

There are countless theories about what may have happened to Spierer the night he disappeared. Shawn Cohen's book offers a detailed look at the updates he made during his investigation into the cold case. However, authorities have not officially named a suspect in the case.

Cohen's book, College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disabilities in Plain Sight, was released on May 28.