Kim Gillespie
Falk looks at Kim's photo and the corresponding caption. The caption summarizes how she looked before her disappearance. Harper writes, "Kim Gillespie, age thirty-nine. Last seen at the opening of the Marralee Valley Annual Food and Wine Festival. Brown hair, brown eyes, medium build, 168 cm. Wearing a dark gray jacket, white or cream, T-shirt, black jean or leggings, white sneakers." Curiously, the caption includes her sneakers, yet one of the sneakers was found in a dam. The description focuses on her external appearance. It was prepared to help with her search but did not help with the objective. The words in the caption, together with the photos, cannot divulge the circumstances of Kim's vanishing.
The Hour Kim Disappeared
Falk recounts the exact details of things happening at the festival when Kim went missing. The details are very significant in finding missing pieces in Kim's story. Falk recounts, "The Time. It had been 8:00 p.m., and he knew that because the children's fireworks had started. Night had crept in, and he remembered the lights and music had suddenly felt brighter and louder, the way they always did in the dark." At the hour, everybody was focused on the entertainment. Therefore, only a few would have considered keeping an eye on Kim. Besides, the darkness would make monitoring what Kim was doing impossible.
Kim’s Past with Charlie Raco
Kim had ended her long-term relationship with Charlie Raco. They have a daughter (Zara). Harper writes, “Charlie Raco and Kim Gillespie had shared a seventeen-year-old daughter and an on-again, off-again relationship, which had sparked to life with a teenage infatuation, bumped along for two decades, and finally fizzled out for good five years ago." After the termination of their relationship, Kim got married to Rohan. Her disappearance transpired after she had given birth to her and Rohan's daughter. Kim is a woman who is not lucky in matters related to love. His vanishing hinders her from enjoying her love with Rohan for long.
