Three Little Girls:

by Juanita Tischendorf

At 4:20 p.m. on November 16, 1971 a 10-year-old Puerto Rican child named Carmen Colón disappeared while returning home from an errand in Rochester, New York. Seventeen months later, at approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 2, 1973, 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz disappeared from the east side of Rochester while returning home from an errand. Seven months later, on the evening of November 26, 1973, 11-year-old Michelle Maenza was reported missing by her mother after she failed to return home from school. They had been raped before being strangled to death. Each girl had ingested food shortly before their death. This was significant since neither girl was known to have eaten prior to her disappearance.

333 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 25, 2020

About the author

Juanita Tischendorf has written several works of nonfiction books that include “Who Says I’m Small”, “The Madman, The Marathoner”, “Til Death Do Us Part?” and “An UnFair Advantage (A Murder In Oklahoma)” and the self-help book, “The Selfie, (Adolescent/Teen Girl Self Development)”. She released her first fiction book “Body of Evidence” in 2016, and currently promoting her next book, “Playground In My Mind”.

Juanita completed a writing course at the University of Washington, has taken a James Paterson training course. Juanita is a member of the Writers Guild of America.

Her achievements and awards include a career profile by Rochester’s “About Time Magazine, and a taped interview by the Syracuse NY cable TV for “Successful Women in Upstate New York’’ segment. She appeared on the WOKR-TV program entitled “Shades of Gray”, received the 2003 Editor’s choice award for outstanding achievement in poetry and is listed in the 1991 edition of “2000 Notable American Women”.