Welcome to episode 359 of FBI Retired Case Fall Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews

with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to once again retired agent Catherine Swight,

who served in the FBI for 20 years. In this episode, Catherine reviews Operation United, the largest coordinated

exhumation of unidentified murder victims in FBI history. The initiative was spearheaded by

Detroit Police Detective Shannon Jones and FBI Special Agent Leslie Larson, their primary goal

to identify the nameless dead and bring closure to families who had spent decades wondering what

happened to their loved ones. Their ultimate goal solve more than 200 murder cases.

Shannon and Leslie assembled a team led by female forensic anthropologists, scientists,

and investigators who methodically unearthed Detroit's painful past.

Catherine Swight is the author of Women Who Talked to the Dead, the True Story of

Two Hundred Forgotten Murder Victims, and the Relentless Pursuit of Justice by an FBI agent

and a Detroit police detective. Part forensic procedural, part social justice narrative,

this book exposes the tragic consequences when the criminal

justice system fails those most vulnerable. It also celebrates the resilience and the determination

of the law enforcement officers who refused to let these unforgotten victims remain nameless.

Catherine's first assignment was to the FBI's Milwaukee Division,

where she worked National Security Matters.

Following her time in Milwaukee,

Catherine was promoted to FBI headquarters

and assigned to the Counterintelligence Division's training center at Quantico,

working at a joint FBI CIA facility at an undisclosed location. She then joined the new

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