<P> In 1989, logger Pete Martell discovers a naked corpse wrapped in plastic on the bank of a river outside the town of Twin Peaks, Washington . When Sheriff Harry S. Truman, his deputies, and Dr. Will Hayward arrive, the body is identified as homecoming queen Laura Palmer . A badly injured second girl, Ronette Pulaski, is discovered in a fugue state . </P> <P> FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate . Cooper's initial examination of Laura's body reveals a tiny typed letter "R" inserted under her fingernail . Cooper informs the community that Laura's death matches the signature of a killer who murdered another girl in southwestern Washington the previous year, and that evidence indicates the killer lives in Twin Peaks . </P> <P> The authorities discover that Laura has been living a double life . She was cheating on her boyfriend, football captain Bobby Briggs, with biker James Hurley, and prostituting herself with the help of truck driver Leo Johnson and drug dealer Jacques Renault . Laura was also addicted to cocaine, which she obtained by coercing Bobby into doing business with Jacques . </P> <P> Laura's father, attorney Leland Palmer, suffers a nervous breakdown . Her best friend, Donna Hayward, begins a relationship with James . With the help of Laura's cousin Maddy Ferguson, Donna and James discover that Laura's psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, was obsessed with Laura, but he is proven innocent of the murder . </P>

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