She introduced herself to Dana and Deputy Warden, who had come to collect my statement, and requested a quiet conference room.

We sat around a table with a box of tissues no one touched.

Warden had a folder containing photographs of the bus stop, an initial medical report, and the names of two people who had called emergency services.

One of them was a bakery driver who saw Chloe beneath the shelter as he turned onto Maple Avenue.

He stayed until the ambulance arrived.

The other was a woman who noticed a dark vehicle leaving the area shortly before dawn.