Ever see a Jane Doe case you wished you could help identify?
The Case Compare Notebook
An elegant workspace for stay-at-home investigators.
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The 200-page notebook helps you:
- INDEX: List every missing person a Jane Doe could be.
- COMPARE: Line up their details, field by field.
- ANALYZE: Compare facial features on the built-in Face Compare pages.
- TRACK: Log every match you submit and every reply.
- CONTACT: Reach detectives with ready-made email and phone scripts.
INCLUDED The Video Masterclass: The Case Narrowing Method, 40 minutes in 16 short lessons on choosing a case, searching databases, comparing details and submitting a match.
- 200 pages
- 7 x 10 inches
- Faux-leather hardcover
- Gold lettering
What’s Inside?
- [INCLUDED]: The Case Narrowing Method video course
- Cases to Compare lists for every possible match
- Side-by-Side Comparison pages
- [NEW]: Face Compare pages, built into the notebook
- [NEW]: Case Map pages to map where they were last seen and found
- Submission Log to track every match you send
- Email Template and Phone Call Script
- 7 x 10 inch faux-leather hardcover, gold lettering
- Printed and bound in Lindon, Utah
- Free US shipping
Look Inside
Swipe to see each page, tap to enlarge. Filled in with made-up cases.
Watch a minute of the included course
From Unit 7: why people are often found far from where they were last seen, and how to search the whole region. The full course has 16 video lessons.
I built the notebook I wished I had for my own case research
As a child, I could tell which of my friends were home just by the headlights coming down our road. Years later, I realized I notice faces the same way.
Before I was a stay-at-home mom, I was a clinical research coordinator at the VA and University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, checking each patient’s history and measurements against strict criteria, one field at a time. That careful work earned me three KUDOS Clinical Research Awards.
When I started comparing Jane and John Does to missing people, there was no form made for it. So I made the notebook I needed. I’ve used it for 5 years to compare cases and submit more than 50 possible matches.
You don’t need a badge or a forensics degree to help give someone their name back. You need patience, a little time, and one place to keep it all organized.
Renee Weingartner, founder of Case Compare
Who this is for
- Web sleuths and armchair detectives
- True crime fans who want to do more than listen
- Stay-at-home moms who love true crime and want to actually help
- People who never forget a face
- Nurses, doctors and medical professionals with a desire to help
- Bookkeepers and accountants
- Records clerks and data entry pros
- Paralegals and legal assistants
- Teachers
- Retirees with time to give
- Students of criminal justice or forensics
- Anyone who would rather scroll through cold cases than social media
- Members of Websleuths, the Doe Network forums and Reddit’s r/gratefuldoe
- Anyone with possible matches written down in too many places
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People often ask…
Is now a good time to start?
Yes. More than 15,000 people are waiting to be identified, most for over 20 years, some with brothers and sisters in their 70s and 80s still hoping.
Can anyone do this?
Yes. NamUs.gov is open to the public. You send what you find to the agency in charge.
Won’t I be bothering the police?
No. The Los Angeles police told our founder, “Keep doing what you’re doing. We have hundreds of cases per detective.”
When can I get it?
Join the list and we’ll email you first when pre-orders open. No payment until then.
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The public is invited to help
“The NamUs database is searchable by everyone.”
NamUs, the national database for missing and unidentified persons
“It is our mission to give the nameless back their names and return the missing to their families.”
The Doe Network, which takes tips from the public and forwards them to the investigating agencies
Regular people are already doing this from home
MPR News
Minnesota2015
Deborah Anderson
Of Blue Earth, Minnesota. She had no police or forensics background, but she helped find a young woman’s name.
Read the story ›Daily Republic
Fairfield, California2016
Rosemary Norris-Southward
She found her brother through NamUs after 36 years.
Read the story ›CBC News
Quebec2023
Jan Guppy
A retired energy broker who checks Canada’s national database every day.
Read the story ›News 5 Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio2018
Christina Scates
A college student whose Websleuths post helped identify a woman missing since 1974.
Read the story ›From news coverage. These people are not Case Compare customers, and the course is not connected to their cases.
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