“I remember the smell of smoke,” she told me.

“And your father’s voice saying, ‘This is your last chance to be reasonable.’ Then I remember the hospital.”

She had not seen the complete police report until years later.

She learned that Daniel identified an unidentified deceased woman from a separate incident as his wife using personal items he supplied.

The investigation into how that identification was accepted remained incomplete.

“How did you survive without someone noticing?” I asked.