Edward Corcoran has gone missing, one of many in Derry the police put down as runaways. His parents did not report him missing immediately as Edward has a difficult relationship with his stepfather. The mother suspected that since it was the last day of school, Eddie did not come home out of fear of his stepfather's reaction to his final report card. However, Eddie remains missing. Eddie's disappearance causes the police and local reporters to become curious about the death of Eddie's brother, Dorsey, the previous year. An examination of the body proved that Dorsey had been beaten to death with a blunt instrument, most likely a hammer. Dorsey and Eddie's father is arrested and put on.....
