Нужно перевести на the police had started an investigation. they searched the family's new york city apartment for clues. they interviewed neighbors and coworkers. they dusted for fingerprints and filed reports, but they found nothing. henry and veronica grimm had simply vanished into thin air. months later the police found their abandoned car. the only clue was a blood-red handprint on the dashboard. the police assured the girls that the print was not blood, only paint, but they still had no leads. their investigation had come to a dead end. meanwhile, the orphanage where the girls had been taken began an investigation of its own, searching for next-of-kin, but came up as empty as the police. no aunts, uncles, grandparents, brothers, sisters, or even distant twice-removed cousins existed. the girls' parents had always told them that they were all the family they would ever need. so naturally, the girls were shocked when a woman claiming to be "grandma grimm" applied for custody.
