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Alta: That’s AJ In The Background

  • March 27, 2026
  • Essays, Joy's Work, Writing - Nonfiction
For Alta, I traced the mystery of what happened to AJ, a sparkly intriguing girl I knew in high school who died mysteriously in her early 40s on the floor of a stranger’s apartment after going missing for a year.

What I uncovered is a dark and poignant story of what happens to women when they slip through the cracks of our society. Read here!
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