It was a grim little ceremony, the reshackling of Victor Palaulogus at the conclusion of his murder trial,

the shuffling out of the courtroom and off to prison. Closure is the word that gets tossed out to meet such moments.

No such thing, of course. Nor did the trial or the verdict

of the sentencing bring healing to Christy's parents. No, they knew they would live every day with sorrow,

even their moments of happiness shot through with gray like an overcast day.

I have grandchildren.

I have, you know, the blessings of so many things in life.

However, there's always, always this element of knowing that Christy is missing.

Just 21.

And quite suddenly just gone.

She's not on vacation.

You know, she's not ever going to be part of either my daughter's lives.

And that's, like, really sad because she was a really great person.

So much she might have done.

Might have been.

Perhaps like the other women have done and have been the ones who survived Victor Paleolocus. In this episode, you will hear how that group

of strangers connected only by their close calls with Christy's killer,

formed a family of sorts, a sisterhood, with a mission.

In 25 years, we're going to be there with bells on to say, don't let this guy out.

You'll hear how one of those women, hounded by an insistent suspicion, undertook an investigation of her own.

Had Victor Pelliologus murdered before?

She had seen my one Jane Doe case, and she had asked me if I'd ever heard of the name Victor Palaulogus, which at the time I had not.

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