A detective oversees the recovery of a dismembered body found in a drainage ditch outside town. Forensic examination confirms the recovered torso and limbs belong to one victim, identified by matching cut marks, rope knots, and cloth fibers, but the head remains missing. The detective orders a wider search, vowing to find the rest of the victim and catch the killer. The victim's spectral voice reveals a key identifying mark—a distinctive, old burn scar on her leg—that her own mother should recognize, yet fails to connect to the body.