Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Atten-fifteenthenextmorning,detectivesoftheAssaultSquadmorningshiftpickedupPollyNewtonanddrovehertoDelawareCounty.Inthedaylightshewasabletoleadthemtothesceneoftherape,wheretheyfound9-millimeterbulletcasingsneartheedgeofthepond.That,shetoldoneofthedetectives,waswherethemanhadfiredhisgunatsomebeerbottleshehadtossedintothewater.

           Whentheyreturnedtoheadquarters,NikkiMillerhadjustarrivedonduty.ShesatPollyinasmallroomdirectlyoppositethereceptionistsdeskandbroughtinanothertrayofmugshots.SheleftPollyaloneandshutthedoor.

           Afewminuteslater,EliotBoxerbaumarrivedattheDetectiveBureauwithDonnaWest,thenursewhohadbeenthesecondvictim.Hewantedhertogothroughthemugshots,too.HeandChiefKleberghaddecidedtokeeptheoptometrystudentinreserveforaline-upidentificationincasethemug-shotevidencedidn’tholdupincourt.

           NikkiMillersatDonnaWestatatableinthecorridoralongsidethefilingcabinetsandbroughtherthreetraysofmugshots."MyGod,"shesaid,"aretherethatmanysexoffenderswalkingthestreets?"BoxerbaumandMillerwaitednearbyasDonnastudiedfaceafterface.Lookingangryandfrustrated,sheflippedthroughthephotographs.Shesawafacesherecognized—notthemanwho’drapedher,butaformerclassmate,someoneshe’dseenonthestreetjusttheotherday.