To secure her safety, her death was faked, her name was changed to Carrie Tate, and she relocated to California. Laurie has been married and divorced, all the while battling alcoholism and a dependence on pills to quell her nightmares. A mother demonstrates a maternal instinct. A headmaster makes an attempt to encourage two female students to stay out of trouble. A string of hormonally inspired comments reveal one boy's obsession with sex.
Adults engage in foreplay, but get interrupted before it leads to sex.
News clippings and photos provide snapshots of carnage from the 1978 murders. A woman's throat is slit. Two boys are found dead, one with a hockey skate imbedded in his face. Boy stabbed in leg. Security guard is shot, shown lying in a pool of blood.