The team was assembled in the conference room area. The rest of the ViCAP team was anxious to see me and get an update on the missing person. As I entered the room, they could see it on my face. They knew me well and were some of the best profilers in the FBI. I didn't have to say it, but I expressed to everyone my unfortunate news on Melissa Sykes. It was like delivering a death sentence. The team took it in stride and moved on, but I still felt upset that I couldn't give them something more to go on. Steve immediately went to the front of the room and began his brief, without another word spoken on the subject of my dreams.
“OK, people, here's what we have thus far. We have four females, all in their twenties. They are of different races and different backgrounds. We don't have any bodi
