Amy Lee didn’t know what to do. She called Duncan Bonjorni and told him that she didn’t know what had happened to Sarah and she feared for her safety.

Duncan called the King Country Sheriff’s Office and persuaded them to send out an All Points Bulletin if Sarah didn’t show up in twenty four hours. Adults who disappear often do so because they want to leave, and police departme

nts set a time period before they will act on a missing report unless there are overt signs that the person has been injured such as blood, bullet holes, or signs of a struggle.

The brown house showed no signs that...