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Putting the pieces Of the puzzle together wasn’t going to be easy unless they opened up a tipline and offered a cash reward Zelda offered any kind of help that she could if ither older sister Emily hopefully alive They had the local news put Emily Smiles, Brother Matthew Thomas and a picture of Brandy Scott’s tattoo without her face Brandy’s picture didn’t have a name with it They stated do you know this person Within hours the real Brandy was located in a hospita She had been beaten so badly that she had spent almost six months in a coma

​ At the hospital she was listed as Jane Doe For the ti she would be safer to keep it that way Detectives McGill and Gilbert wasn’t sure if it had been Elvin or so to herThe detectives explained to the staff to keep her as a Jane Doe and to bandage up the tattoo area for awhileIt had been a long night but their jobs wasn’t over just yet

Detectives McGill and Gilbert rang the doorbell at the house of Brandy’s parents at seven thirty They sat in the livingroo with their daughter Brenda They had soood neas that Brandy was alive and the bad neas just barelyThey waited until the fao to the hospital to identify her