Serial killer profiler and ex-FBI agent Jana was the real-life Clarice Starling from horror film Silence of the Lambs
Jana Monroe, 69
My police captain grunted.
‘I’ve applied to the FBI,’ I said.
‘I’ll bet you 15 bucks you don’t get in,’ he laughed, but agreed to write me a letter of recommendation. He wasn’t the first to suggest that, as a woman, it was unlikely I’d get in.
I grew up loving the film cop Dirty Harry, hated bullies and wanted to help people. The school careers officer suggested joining the police – as a secretary.
