“My Ten-Year-Old Daughter Hadn’t Answered My Calls For Three Days, So I Rushed To Her Mother’s House And Found Her Locked Inside A Metal Enclosure In The Backyard. After I Broke The Lock And Pulled Her Into My Arms, She Stared At The Murky Swimming Pool And Whispered, ‘Daddy, Please Don’t Look.’ Beneath The Green Water, I Could See Several Black Bags.”

backyard. Then she lowered her voice. “Last night, I saw Jason carrying several large black trash bags into the backyard. He threw them into the swimming pool.”

I climbed the lower section of fence between the properties. The yard was strangely quiet — weeds through the patio stones, dead leaves everywhere, the pool water cloudy green. Then I saw a continue reading …