I suggest a few weeks at Cascade."In the second (brief) section of the film, Charlotte is guided to health at the doctor""s sanitarium-rest home where she undergoes analysis.The film opens on the hottest day of the summer of 1944.The narration reveals that the story takes place in the recent past, at the time of ""Laura""s"" death:I shall never forget the weekend Laura died.I wouldn""t get deeply involved.He""d never even see me or know my name," but his mind was made up to return.Back on the job, he was driven by a police officer o the most recent crime scene, where he crossed a yellow-taped line and entered an Atlanta suburban house (owned by the family of Charles and Valerie Leeds).Rocky replied quizzically: "Condominiums?...I never use ""em."As Rocky and Adrian returned home from the church that evening, Rocky carried his new bride in his arms.The Sheriff haughtily interrogated he nattily-dressed suspect with an insulting introductory question - his first interaction with Tibbs:Sheriff: Got a name, boy?Virgil: Virgil Tibbs.