Murder in Pleasanton: Tina Faelz and the Search for Justice

By Joshua Suchon

In April 1984, Foothill High freshman Tina Faelz took a shortcut on her walk home. About an hour later, she was found in a ditch, brutally stabbed to death. The murder shook the quiet East Bay suburb of Pleasanton and left investigators baffled. With no witnesses or leads, the case went cold and remained so for nearly thirty years. In 2011, the investigation finally got a break. Improved forensics recovered DNA from a drop of blood found at the scene matching Tina's classmate, Steven Carlson. Through dusty police files, personal interviews, letters and firsthand accounts, journalist Joshua Suchon revisits his childhood home to uncover the story of a disturbing crime and the controversial sentencing that brought long-awaited answers to a city tormented by questions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Sep 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781625855381

Reviews for Murder in Pleasanton

[Israel A Toledo · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Very amateurish writing, I'm sorry to say. Information was often repeated and some completely unnecessary. It amazes me how many true crime books are written by people with little professionalism. And this book sounds as though a high-schooler wrote it. Very disappointing.