The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery

This chapter is again from the killer’s perspective. On Thursday, he breakfast and reads the paper, trying to find a story about his victim. On the front page of the Metro section he sees a story about Miranda Wyatt. He is excited: He only knew her first name before. A lock of her blond hair is in his office, tied with a green velvet ribbon, next to a photo he took after Miranda was still. The newspaper photo makes Miranda look completely different. He becomes bored and wants to move on. Seeing a photo of the search team, he fixates on Ruby McClure and her rich red hair. He remembers her vividly.

The man checks his computer to locate the eight GPS trackers he’s given out. Each tracker is with a different girl.

The man knows Ruby isn’t going to be easy to track. He thinks about what could work, taking out a thumb drive and humming Loreena McKennitt’s song “Greensleeves.”

On Thursday morning, Nick tells his mom and his older brother Kyle, that he and the SAR team are in the Oregonian newspaper. Nick hopes this impresses Kyle, but Nick’s mom and brother don’t seem interested.