1.   At their apartment in southwest Atlanta, photos of the smiling girl and her awards for academic achievement fill up a wall in the living room.

2.   A couple here, an old man there, two smiling young girls a little farther along.

3.   But it is the blood-splattered image of the smiling girl that sets the tone.

4.   Pay no attention to the smiling girl behind the bad poem.

5.   The pain of those years was relieved in one joyous moment recently when Sylvester saw the smiling girl bounding toward her with open arms.

6.   Sabira took a frayed picture from her purse of a smiling girl, her stunning, almond-shaped eyes fixed on the camera.