They would stare right through you, even when you were talking to them, neighbors recalled. The three wore black dresses and often donned Sunday church hats even in the heat of summer. At Halloween, they gave away $10 and $20 bills to the trick-or-treaters who knocked on their door...
Even as Gabriel Durand lay decomposing, the other women had been going about their lives in the apartment, stepping over the body, the police said. Recently, they ate Chinese takeout. The containers were still on the table when the police arrived."
