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They both stared at the paper, and then at Logan "I’m sorry," Sandy said

"Thank you" He nodded "Who else was local around that time? Did you ever see Jeff Chasson or anyone from the film crew?"

"I don’t think so," Sandy said

"Think harder"

She chuckled "If I’d seen that Jeff Chasson before, I’d know it, trust me"

"What about the other men? The director, Bernie Firestone, or Earl Candy?" Kelsey persisted

Sandy shook her head

"A lot of the rodeo guys were around back then There was so on," Ricky said

"Corey Si here," Sandy replied "This is the first tiotten a room here I think he was at one of the chain hotels, but he used to coht with the others"

Ricky studied the paper, and his eyes seeht’ve seen both of ’eht e had entertainment It was busy--half the world was around" He looked back down at the paper again, and then up at Logan "This girl…I think I’ve seen her, too, although it’s hard to tell from sketches, you know?"

"You saw her here?" Kelsey asked "At the Longhorn?"

"No I saw her at church The Congregational church, about five blocks behind the Ripley’s side of the plaza" He shrugged "It’s an asked

"No…but I saw her a few times I’"

"That’s great, Ricky," Logan told hio?"

"Ready," she said Waving goodbye to Sandy and Ricky, they left by the front door

Logan wasat the passenger side, as if re that he shouldn’t because they were partners and not a couple going out on a date He slid into the driver’s seat, and Kelsey got in beside hi off the walls--or they would if they were on walls these days," Logan said

She agreed They drove to the station where they were greeted by the desk sergeant before they could head over to the task force

"Ten calls already Soirls on a lily pad or so you want even the crackpots"

Logan thanked hiht when they entered the rooot on the phone, returning the calls they’d received, while Kelsey studied the inforiven J na with and read theled, discovered by a rock pile, semihidden, near a pond in a public park Jenny Doe, found in a trash duain found in a public park Jodie Doe, dragged out of the river, drowned Julie Doe--most recent victiled and left in a pond, discovered by divers Josie Doe, found in a compost heap, stabbed to death"

She compared the na her own co to Sandy and Ricky And the girl Ricky had seen at the Congregational church had been their drowning victian covered the phone’s mouthpiece "This caller believes that our Jane Doe is his niece, Linsey Applewood She’s from New Orleans, and no one’s heard from her since she disappeared out of her uptown apartan asked thenotes as he did, then took another call He was quiet, listening

He hung up and looked over at her "That was Reverend Milton froht She was there She and her husband didn’t stay long, because he didn’t think the church focused enough on fa the dictates of the Bible" He hesitated "Reverend Milton paid a courtesy call on the family, and the husband said his wife had left hiuess she didn’t er "The husband’s an actor," he said "And we met him yesterday"

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