“She is a procurer, I’m afraid to say, that is, she lures teenage girls into p**********n. Occasionally males,” Eric Pederssen tells them. His face is gray with fatigue. He was hoping to give these good families better news. “Often against their will.”
The Moreno and MacIntyre parents lean together for support. Art speaks for the group, “Tell us everything you know. Please, Eric, don’t hold back.”
Eric paces around the MacIntyre kitchen, wondering how best to present the next piece of information he’s received. He begins, “She is known to have lured teenage girls, and sometimes boys, into p**********n for as far back as twenty years.” He takes a breath. “Seven of them have disappeared, and they, or their remains, have never been found.” He pauses. “There is some speculation that her vict
