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Just two months ago, I received a digital copy of Linda Moore's case file.

Not the whole thing, just bits and pieces.

I spent literally an hour printing it all out.

Apologies to the trees, but my brain works better that way. I gathered all the papers

together, brewed a pot of coffee, and commandeered my kitchen table. And then I began to read.

April 15, 1986, Westminster, Vermont.

Steve Moore was out of bed by 7 a.m.

A little later, his wife Linda was up and getting the kids ready to catch the school

bus.

Steve ran a successful construction business, and they lived in what Linda described as her

dream home, a stately white farmhouse on a picturesque bend of Saxton's River.

Steve was waiting for a few of his guys to come over

and start some roofing work on the house.

By 9 a.m., the roofing guys were there, and Steve let them finish up.

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