Full Summary:
When a safe is found in what was a sink hole on a family farm, the remains of a young girl are found inside. What happens when the owner of the farm tells Booth about a murder that happened in the 70's of young girl? Will Suzie's body finally be laid to rest by her family? And how about Ruth? Is she the one that was having the sink hole dug up in the first place? Did she feel Suzie somehow still on her farm?
The Connor's Farm:
Ruth had grown up on the farm. Now she was a mother of four, still living on the farm. Her husband, Ray Singh, had loved another girl before her, while the two were still in high school, but that girl had been taken way too young. They had never found her body, but Ruth had always had a connection between that young girl and the living. She'd always been able to sense the dead, no matter who it was. She accepted it into her daily life. And Ray had also accepted it. They both missed that girl, but neither could do anything about it.
Ray was out of the house with their youngest child when Ruth made the decision. The sink hole had been a place of fun when she was younger for the people of Newtown, Pennsylvania. She had always been suspicious of the last dump that had happened before the sink hole had been filled in by her father. She had never said anything to her father or to Ray for fear they would think she was crazy. But she always got the feeling that something wasn't right with that man.
His name was Mr. Harvey, and the Connor's family had learned later that he was the man that had killed young Suzie Salmon, just months after her fourteenth birthday. He'd been found dead in Maryland just two weeks after the police sent out an APB. He'd slipped on some ice or something and fallen backwards into a quarry, he hadn't survived the fall. But they still had never found Suzie's body. And that was what had haunted not only Ruth and Ray but also Suzie's family. Her sister Lindsey had become close friends with Ruth after getting married and having children. Both clung to the memories they shared of Suzie.
And that's why she had called the excavation crew. She wanted to know once and for all if Mr. Harvey had disposed of Suzie's body in the sink hole. Suzie had stayed with Ruth even after she'd gone off to Heaven. She'd known she'd always carry her young friend with her at all times, and knew that they would meet one day in Heaven, but she needed to know if Mr. Harvey had used the sink hole to bury her friend. The excavation crew showed up that weekend. When Ray learned what she had done, he seemed okay with it, but he wouldn't have the kids at the house when and if the body was found after all these years.
Twenty years after Suzie was killed, the excavation crew dug up the old sink hole and started to haul the junk away. The deeper they dug, the more junk they found. They were just about to give up and say that there was nothing left when they hit something hard. It took chains and a crane to pull the safe out of the hole. This was the moment. The moment that was going to change so many lives. The FBI had been called to the farm and they had brought a scientific team with.
Dr. Brennan was supposed to be the best Anthropologist in the world and could tell you the age of a skeleton, how they died and when they died. But Ruth, Ray and Lindsey could tell the FBI when Suzie had died. They had lived that horrible year. They had survived that man when Suzie hadn't. Ray had taken the kids to his parent's house so they wouldn't be there just in case something had happened. Lindsey had left her kids in the care of her parent's, not wanting to tell her the reason she was headed out to the Connor's farm other than an adult get together. Lindsey and Ruth had become closer after Ruth had admitted what she was planning on doing to find out the truth as to why Mr. Harvey had been on their property the day he'd left town. She'd kept it from her parent's, not wanting to upset them.
Now, the three adults stood on the outskirts of the hole as the FBI and scientific team stepped forward. One of the FBI looked over at them and asked them to step back, but they refused. He motioned for a local cop to push them back but they refused to budge. They shouldn't have stayed at the edge, but they needed to know if Suzie was in the safe. As the safe was lowered to the ground, an acetylene torch was brought forward to cut into the safe. Someone said something about being careful, that there might be remains within the safe and that they didn't need to get anymore damaged. The three friends held hands, hoping that finally, they would be able to lay their loved one to rest.
When the door of the safe was finally removed, Dr. Brennan bent down and removed the bag that was inside, which had crumpled down some. The stench was horrible, but it was what was to be expected. Dr. Brennan cut open the bag and looked inside. All that was left was bone. She removed the skull and held it up. Before she was able to say anything about the age, gender or race of the bones in her hand, the three friends said the same word at once, which got everyone on the scene to look their way. And all had confused looks on their faces.
"Suzie!"
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