Case file · Non-fiction & research literature
Jon Billman, 'The Cold Vanish'
A 2020 non-fiction book on wilderness disappearances, built around the search for Jacob Gray in Olympic National Park.
2020 CE · 47.95, -123.80 · status: account
The account
Billman, a former wildland firefighter, followed Randy Gray's search for his son Jacob, who vanished in 2017, and set it among other missing-person cases, search-and-rescue practice and the Missing 411 subculture. Kirkus called it compassionate and haunting. A relative of Jacob Gray objected publicly that the family had not been consulted about how he was portrayed. Jacob Gray's remains were found in the park in 2018.