discovers that only members of Jason's bloodline can permanently kill him, and he will return to his original, near-invincible state if he possesses a family member. The only living relatives of Jason are his half-sister Diana Kimble, her daughter Jessica, and Stephanie, the infant daughter of Jessica and Steven Freeman. Jason heads to Diana's house and attempts to possess her, but Steven defends her. Diana is killed and Jason escapes. Steven is blamed for Diana's murder and arrested. In the jail, he meets Duke, who provides Steven with information about Jason and his relation to Jessica. Determined to get to Jessica before Jason does, Steven escapes from jail. Steven goes to the Voorhees house to find evidence to convince Jessica of her ties to Jason. Jessica's boyfriend, TV reporter Robert Campbell, enters the house and receives a phone call. Steven overhears the resulting conversation, which reveals that Campbell is attempting to "spice up" his show's ratings by emphasizing Jason's return from death, having stolen Diana's body from the morgue for this reason. Jason appears and grabs Campbell, and transfers his heart to him through their mouths. Now in Campbell's body, Jason leaves with Steven in pursuit and attempts to possess Jessica to be reborn, but Steven hits him and drags Jessica to his car. When he tries to explain the situation to Jessica, she doesn't believe him and leaves the police station without him. Jason arrives at the police station and kills all officers along his path to Jessica, whom he nearly possesses before Steven stops him again. In the resulting chaos, Duke escapes from his cell. Now believing Steven, Jessica accompanies him to the diner to retrieve Stephanie. When Jason arrives he is attacked by the shop's owners and a waitress, all of whom he kills. Jessica and Steven discover a note from Duke, telling them that he has Stephanie and demanding that Jessica meet him at the Voorhees house alone. Jessica abandons Steven so she can meet Duke and is given a mystical dagger that she can use to kill Jason permanently. A police officer enters the diner, only for Jason to transfer his heart into him. Duke falls through the floor of the Voorhees house, just as Sheriff Landis and Officer Randy arrive to confront Jessica. Landis is accidentally killed with the dagger, which Jessica then drops. Jason, possessing Randy, attempts to be reborn through Stephanie, but