leaving the diner at approximately 11:14 on the night of October twelfth. She was next scheduled the following Monday.”

He paused again.

“She did not come back. She called out sick for two weeks. Then she gave notice by phone. Her supervisor said she sounded frightened but declined to be interviewed. She left her final paycheck uncollected. Six weeks later, she boarded a bus from Port Authority to Boston. She rented a room above a bakery in Dorchester. Waitress at two more diners. Then she answered the housekeeping listing