Shasta couldn't do anything - she was in a remote isolated location with the perp and the body of her dead brother whom the perp had burned to death.
The world's most evil bustard, Jet Duncan, happened to take Shasta into a Denny's at 2AM and the blessed waitress thought she recognized her. She went back to the kitchen and looked at a flyer they had for the missing Shasta, believed the little girl eating out front looked a lot like her, and *God bless her*, she called the cops, then went back out and gave Shasta a coloring book and crayolas and tried to keep her occupied.
Cops came and asked her what her name was and she said "Shasta Groene" and "I want my daddy." Bless her - she is my hero.
Thank you. I know the story.