For the first few years in the apartment, they lived in peace and Mary was a loving mother to Jennifer. At the age of 12, she moved into apartment 1303 with her mother, Mary, a respectable school teacher and recently divorced. The detective tells Lara the sad story of what happened to Jennifer. Lara discovers the name of the first tenant from 20 years back, Jennifer Logan. The detective agrees since he's been investigating mysterious suicides with other tenants. Her sister, Lara, later arrives to gather the possessed Janet's belongings and begins to experience the same terrors.Ī detective that was on the case talks to Lara, who believes Janet was murdered. An invisible ghost possesses Janet leading to her own depression and suicide. Later that night, Janet is awoken by strange supernatural elements in the apartment but unfortunately Mark is no longer around. Janet then calls Mark who is back in town, who agrees to check in on her. Janet suggests going to a hotel but this is quickly dismissed as Lara is not able to pay for it. She calls her sister, Lara, to ask if she can return home but Lara informs her this would be a bad idea as their mother is having another "drunk psycho rant". Janet is shaken by the strange events that are happening preferring to stay late at the office rather than return to apartment 1303.
Strange things begin to occur in the apartment and when Janet appears bruised at work, she rebuffs concerns that her boyfriend, Mark Taylor, is abusing her and blames the marks on sleepwalking.
A 9-year-old neighbor, Emily, explains to Janet that a previous occupant of her new apartment killed herself. She moves into apartment 1303 on the thirteenth floor of a downtown Detroit apartment building. Following a family dispute, Janet Slate moves out of the home she shares with her older sister, Lara and their single mother, Maddie.