Rosary girls

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At noon, Brian Parkhurst's Ford Windstar was found parked at an indoor garage a few blocks from the building in which he was found hanged. The Crime Scene Unit had spent the early afternoon combing it for trace evidence. There was no blood evidence, nor any indication that any of the murder victims had been transported in the vehicle. The carpeting was a bronze in color and did not match the carpet fibers found on the first four victims.

The glove compartment held the expected-registration, owner's manual, a pair of maps.

It was the letter they found in the visor that was most interesting, a letter containing the typewritten names of ten girls. Four of the names were already familiar to police. Tessa Wells, Nicole Taylor, Bethany Price, and Kristi Hamilton.

The envelope was addressed to Detective Jessica Balzano.

There was little debate about whether the killer's next victim would come from the ranks of the remaining six names.

There was much room for debate about why these names were in the late Dr. Parkhurst's possession, and what it all meant.