The Third Rainbow Girl

A stunningly written investigation of the murder of two young women–showing how a violent crime casts a shadow over an entire community. In the early evening of June 25,1980 in Pocahontas CountyWest Virginiatwo middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian26and Nancy Santomero19were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival known as the Rainbow Gathering but never arrived; they traveled with a third woman howeverwho lived. For thirteen yearsno one was prosecuted for the \