Closure

Divorced investigative historian, Robert Jerzerski, PhD, reluctantly agrees to help his daughter determine what happened to a boyfriend’s granduncle who disappeared during World War II. His retired lawyer friend, Jack Booker, gets involved and they support the boyfriend’s family efforts to investigate the person. Meanwhile, another family in England is doing the same thing. Both stories unite when a plane crash emerges as the central focus of their efforts. Their investigation covers four states, two countries and a time period extending from World War II through the present. For most plane crash victims their story terminates with their demise. For others, the facts may have remained hidden for years. The following story relates what happened to one such victim and how interested descendants discovered the facts.