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  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. 1
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  45. Acknowledgements
  46. A note from the publisher
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“Did she ever come to visit you when you were in the hospital?”

“No. The last day I saw her was the day I was sentenced.”

“Why look her up now, after all this time?”

“I’m getting my life together. Francine was the only family I had. I wanted to get to know her again.”

Gavin looked at Warren. The interview was done as far as he was concerned. There was nothing more that they were going to get from her, at least not at this time. “I think that’s all we need right now, Samantha.”

She grabbed her purse, threw it over her shoulder and didn’t bother to look back as she rushed out of the room. She did manage to mumble “bastards” on the way out.

“What do you think, Mitch? You have to at least be suspicious of her,” Warren said.

“I don’t know.” Gavin shook his head. “She just doesn’t fit the profile. If anything, the more likely scenario is that she’s repeating a pattern by being an accomplice, not the one in charge. Did you find anything on her boyfriend? She listed his name and contact information as her own. It seems like she’s living with him.”

“I found nothing on the guy.”

Gavin glanced down at his notepad, jotting down several points he didn’t want to forget. He was so absorbed that he didn’t even notice his secretary standing in the doorway.

She said, “I’ve been waiting for you to finish. Dr. Blythe called during your interview. The DNA results are in on that toothless skull that was found. He confirmed it belongs to Jeanne Coleman.”

6

Val followed the Francine Donohue and Jeanne Coleman case nonstop. She gobbled any bits of this story from any source she could find. Three days had passed since the discovery of Francine’s teeth and this story was still headline news. So was the claim that a serial killer was on the loose.

It was easy to feel the fear that gripped the city. The news repeated, When will the next victim be found? Every single woman is now a potential victim. It further stressed that people should make sure doors and windows were locked.

Though Val had heard from Detective Gavin’s own mouth that a serial killer had not committed these crimes, she bought two new deadbolts anyway, one for each of her doors. If she had had the money, she would have gotten an alarm system too.