“The important thing is this: if you see any of these signs, on anyone, anywhere, you must immediately detain the individual and report in as soon as possible. It’s doubtful that there will be a case here; it seems to have begun and ended quickly, from what we can tell by monitoring the outside. In other words, no one here has been affected or that person would already be dead.”

“When I got up this morning, I knew something was wrong. Mom usually gets up really early and she wasn’t…she wasn’t in the kitchen. I didn’t hear anything, so I went outside to check.

“The animals hadn’t been fed, so I took care of them first. Then I walked around the house to the front yard, and there she was. Sitting on the ground. Staring at nothing.”