Coyle took the tape to the police. They set a trap at choir practice, the recorder playing Danny's own words over the speakers. Danny ran, but the squad cars were already in the lot. Three families finally learned what happened to the people they'd lost.

Coyle went to Danny alone, hoping to save his soul before the law took his body. It was a mistake. Danny smiled, calm as Sunday, and locked the door. But Coyle had left his own recorder running in his pocket. When Danny lunged, Coyle fought free into the hall, the threat caught on tape. The town heard it by morning.