A complete list of sources for If I Can’t Have Him: A South Dakota True Crime Story
1 – “Rena Nelson’s Murder Will Not Be Prosecuted”. The Daily Argus Leader. 10 Mar 1904.
2 – “Tells Story of Pathos”. Waterloo Daily Courier. 17 Mar 1904.
3 – “Plot of Miss Rena Exposed”. The Daily Argus-Leader. 20 Mar 1904.
4 – “Miss Nelson is Now Dead”. The Daily Argus-Leader. 8 Mar 1904.
5 – “The Poisoning”. The Madison Daily Leader 8 Mar 1904.
6 – “Boone Woman Has Left Home”. The Daily Argus Leader. 5 Mar 1904.
7 – “Opposition to Extraditon”. The Daily Argus Leader. 16 Mar 1904.
8 – “Thought to Be a Suicide”. The Sioux City Journal. 19 Mar 1904.
9 – “Plot of Miss Rena Nelson Exposed”. Davenport Morning Star. 20 Mar 1904.
10 – “Mrs. Sherman Dye Seeks Relief From Her Husband”. The Des Moines Register. 11 Aug 1905.
11 – “Mrs. Dye Will Go Back to Husband.” The Des Moines Register. 3 Apr 1906.
12 – U.S. Census Bureau 1950. United States Federal Census.