Detective Sergeant Bob Schmitz and Deputy Ben Colwell of the sheriff’s north precinct sped to the Echo Lake address. They found Deputy Jess Hill already at the lake, and he had just learned from the radio dispatcher about the newest clothing discoveries that had been found just around an outjutting section of the shoreline.

The torn jacket and the hot pants and single stocking had probably been thrown in the lake at the same spot and then drifted apart with the tide.

Whatever had happened here at the now serene lakeside didn’t look good. Detectives Dan Nolan and James McGonagle soon arrived to join in figuring out the mystery at...