After My Mother-In-Law Sent Me Flowers, My Son Never Came Home From School. The Principal Said He’d Been Picked Up By “Family.” At Her House, I Found A Note: “It’ll Make Sense In 48 Hours.”

on me finding: Monica Woods’s purse with her ID still inside, and a burner phone with text messages between Bruce and Ingred about the disposal site.

I was photographing everything when I heard footsteps outside.

Bruce Valen was a big man, ex-cop swagger still evident despite retirement. He had a gun drawn before he fully entered the unit.

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