Chapters 15, 16 and 17 Summary and Analysis

In May or 1975, Ted invites some friends to visit him in Salt Lake City but Meg is not among them. However, Ted does return to Seattle in 1975 and spends time with Meg to further strengthen their romantic relationship. Meg still cannot bring herself to tell Ted that she has contacted the legal authorities about her suspicions about Ted's involvement in the abductions and murders which have occurred in Washington and Utah. Meg and Ted decide to marry in December of that year.

Ted returns to Salt Lake City to continue his law school studies although his grades are lower than they have ever been. In the early hours of August 16, Ted is pulled over in his Volkswagen bug by a highway patrolman when Ted is seen slowly cruising the patrolman's residential neighborhood. The patrolman searches Ted's car and discovers...