Mr. Ballin

Something about the corpse's face looked familiar to him, but he just couldn't place it.

Then, suddenly, it just came to him and he yelled it out without even meaning to.

It's the missing woman, he shouted.

Some of his classmates laughed uncomfortably, thinking maybe he was making a very bad joke.

But the surgeon called for quiet and asked the student what he was talking about.

The student stood up and said he would recognize that face anywhere.

The woman on the table was Carrie Selvidge, the same Carrie Selvidge who had disappeared from the psychiatric hospital a couple years ago.

Her photograph had been plastered all over the city.

Suddenly, all the other students in the operating theater all began talking at once as they leaned forward to get a better look.

They all remembered the missing woman, whose brother had given what felt like 50 interviews.

And they agreed.

The corpse on the table looked just like Carrie, down to the gold tooth.

Eventually, the surgeon called out to the students to quiet down and clear out of the operating theater.

The surgeon had no idea if the med student was right, but he was not about to continue with this demonstration until he checked.

A few hours later, Detectives Manning and Ash stood in the operating theater with the surgeon, Carrie's brother Joseph, and Carrie's dentist.

All the men stared at the body on the table, and they all had the same reaction.

It could be Carrie, but they weren't sure.

The medical school had not kept great records on when it actually acquired these bodies.

This particular one was slightly decomposed and had been frozen for a long time.

The dentist eventually spoke up and said the gold filling was the same kind he'd used for Carrie, and it was in the exact same spot in her mouth.