“This girl,” he said. “Mary Louise Proschek.” Teddy nodded. “Thirty-three years old, comes to the city to start a new life. Turns up floating in the Harb. Letter to her folks was full of good spirits. Even if we suspected suicide, which we don’t, the letter would fairly well eliminate that. The ME says she was dead before she hit the water. Cause of death was acute arsenic poisoning. You following me?” Teddy nodded, her eyes wide. “She’s got a tattoo mark right here”—he showed the spot on his right hand—”the word MAC in a heart. Didn’t have it when she left Scranton, her hometown. How many
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