The Lost Children

Behind every headline is a family that never stopped looking. This section follows the disappearances that local gossip has long connected to the Beast — sometimes on the slimmest of pretexts, sometimes on chillingly specific grounds.

We gather what survives: missing-person posters, official files, and private letters that were never meant to leave the house. Where details are unclear, we say so. Where they line up too neatly, we say that too.