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The Laminated Drawing Behind the Panel: Mom Comes Home?

The Laminated Drawing Behind the Panel: Mom Comes Home?

A single laminated child's drawing-sealed with packing tape, written in a child's hand and traced over in adult marker with the words "MOM COMES HOME"-was found hidden behind an electrical panel in a rental house; it sat untouched for eleven days before a seven-year-old's question about a flight set off a chain of discoveries. How did a drawing meant for a front door end up in a place only one person would know to look, and what did that conceal about the life Erin Smith led?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the Tuesday…

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