She hurried to her living room and stood in front of the screen, watching images of people in coveralls hauling mysterious plastic bags out of an old, tilting barn surrounded by sawhorse barriers and crime scene tape. Manchester, New Hampshire Crime Scene scrolled across the bottom banner. A field reporter, lips pursed but eyes wild with suppressed excitement, led with a “shocking” discovery. “The Manchester police are saying that they have found evidence in this barn that appears to be linked to Lara Kurjak's alleged abduction from a friend's apartment in Cambridge.” The screen shifted to a bland-looking anchorman sitting calmly in the studio. A disembodied voice said, “Chuck, do we know yet whether the police have found the girl?” There was a time delay as Chuck clutched his earpiece. “No, Bob. I overheard some technicians talking about collecting blood samples, but there's been no sign of a body yet.
