The girl, in tears, pointed toward the shed: “My mommy is in there!” When the police opened the door, they felt their blood run cold.

The patrol car rolled slowly along a deserted country road.

On either side stretched scrawny trees with bare branches, and darkened, moss-covered fences.

In the gray dawn twilight, the outlines of the fences barely showed through the pre-dawn fog.

Officers Ray Donovan and Adam Miller had just issued a speeding ticket when a disturbing call came over the radio:

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