1.   I knew I was working myself into a state, but I kept on staring at the picture of the dead girl.

2.   Loretta guessed Tracey had simply copied the entire contents of the file on the dead girl.

3.   She did not even know whether the occupants of Cherry Cottage had any connection with the dead girl.

4.   Relatives of the dead girl were in court to see Lee Staines remanded in custody.

5.   But then a man from the federal government showed him pictures of four dead girls, and he changed his mind.

6.   Deirdre Jones, an alternate juror and no relation to the dead girl, expressed surprise jurors were taking so long to reach a decision.

7.   Edwards bragged that the only way he could lose would be if he were caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

8.   In Kansas City, meanwhile, hope ended Friday that the dead girl there, who the city posthumously adopted and named Precious Doe, might finally be identified.

9.   Investigators do not believe the dead girl is either of the girls reported missing recently from the Irving and Fort Worth areas, Richards said.

10.   Investigators have virtually ruled out the possibility the dead girl may be one of two girls reporting missing from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Richards said.