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Forgotten Girls Ch. 23 & 24

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Ch. 23:  The murderer has a past. 20 years earlier he had raped and killed women in the same woods.  Animal-like strength. He picked up the 90 pound dog of one of the victims, twirled it around, and smashed its brains out against a tree.  Louise, distraught at the time by the suicide of her lover Klaus, wasn't paying much attention.  Where was this murderer for 20 years?  Jail is what I'd guess.  We'll see.
Chapter 24:  More about Camilla and her fixation on her wedding.  Camilla has now gotten in a fight with her fiancee and stormed out of the house.  Wedding off?  Who knows? And I don't care.  Camilla does tell Louise that the burn/scar was caused by an adult at the center, not by Lisamette's sister as the care givers had told the father.  This Camilla stuff  must fit somehow, but I'm not seeing it yet.

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