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She Left a Dry Sock: How Monica Outsmarted Her Kidnapper
She Left a Dry Sock: How Monica Outsmarted Her Kidnapper
A dry child's sock tucked inside a damp utility box became the only deliberate message from a woman with bound hands - left by foot, photographed by a meter reader who had worked the route for eleven years. That sock arrived one day before the meter was due for reading and one day after Monica Watson went missing; how did a single, dry sock start a rescue no one expected?
In this episode, we tell how a meter reader's instinct, a neighbor's routine, and the timing of a routine phone ping converged to change a search. You will hear what…
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