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The Shoe on the HVAC: How a Meter Reader Saved a Kidnap Victim

The Shoe on the HVAC: How a Meter Reader Saved a Kidnap Victim

A single white-and-coral sneaker, its lace knotted to an exterior HVAC railing, sat like a deliberate signal outside an apartment - and a meter reader’s four-second decision to call 9-1-1 set in motion the rescue of a woman held captive for six days. What exactly did that shoe mean, who had left it, and how did a stapled message from inside lead to her survival?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning Sarah Williams found the sneaker through the police investigation and the clues left by the victim, asking how…

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