For more than two decades, the murders of Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, and Kathy Brisbois haunted Spokane, Washington. The three women, all connected through the same close-knit community, were shot and left near the Spokane River in 1990. Despite hundreds of suspects and years of investigation, the trail went cold.
In By the River’s Edge, bestselling true crime author Gregg Olsen follows the extraordinary forensic breakthrough that finally changed everything. DNA evidence pointed investigators to Douglas Perry—who, years after the killings, had transitioned and was living as Donna Perry. What followed was a complicated investigation involving buried evidence, disturbing prison confessions, decades-old witnesses, and a dramatic murder trial.
Olsen’s gripping account is more than the story of catching a killer. It restores humanity to three women whose lives were too often reduced to their circumstances—and shows the persistence required to deliver justice nearly thirty years later.
Read the Instaread summary of By the River’s Edge to uncover how a forgotten cold case was finally solved.
