at the croaker beauty pageant, helen witnesses barry and charlotte being murdered on the balcony. she rushes upstairs with a police officer but finds no sign of the killer or barry or charlotte. a police officer escorts helen home, but the killer lures him into an alley and murders him. helen flees to her nearby family store, where her sister elsa (bridgette wilson) is closing for the night. the killer enters the store and murders elsa. helen is chased to the third floor of the building and escapes through a window, falling to a long alleyway. she manages to run toward the street, but the killer stops her and slashes her to death, her screams being drowned out by the sound of the oncoming parade.