A forensic examiner, Martha, recovers a young victim's dismembered remains at a smokehouse, vowing to find the killer and return her name. At home, her daughter defends her work after her sister, Grace, insults her for touching corpses. Grace provokes an argument and overturns the dinner table, but falsely blames her sister. Their father angrily sends the accused daughter outside as punishment, locking her out. The locked-out daughter bitterly reflects that her parents will only grieve once they discover the unidentified murder victim is her.