Kate scanned the pages in the folder, searching for key words and trying to grasp a shadow of a thought that was lurking in the back of her mind. Eleven girls missing… four of them found with their throats cut… ring finger cut off… wearing…

"The dresses," she said. "Has anyone tracked down the source of the wedding gowns?"

"No. The local police have questioned several merchants, but no one reported any unusual activity. The purchase of four, perhaps as many as eleven wedding dresses would certainly be unusual."

"Not to mention unbelievably expensive. So we need to look for an alternate source." Kate glanced at the file again. "The report doesn’t mention the brand of the gowns. Do we have any further information on that?"

"All of the tags had been carefully removed."

"Still shouldn’t be too hard to identify. Were they wearing the dresses when they were killed?"

"It would appear so from the blood stains."

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