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Missing Son Found 40 Years Later In an Unexpected Place By Mother
The mother of three lost her eldest son when he was only a toddler, and despite searching for her son for decades, the mother got no closer to finding answers. That is until one day; she got a call from a stranger.
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missing son found 40 years later in an
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unexpected place by mother
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child is one of the most devastating
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experiences a parent could endure and
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this nightmare was Mary's reality
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three lost her eldest son when he was
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only a toddler and despite searching for
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her son for decades the mother got no
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closer to finding answers that is until
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one day she got a call from a stranger
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when Mary thought she'd reached the end
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of her will to fight a tip unexpectedly
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reached the hands of the police and this
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new piece of information catapulted the
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now elderly woman on a goose chase which
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led to her finally reuniting with her
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long-lost child
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Mary's story starts on the west coast
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she's only 18. the young teen fell head
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over heels in love with Peter a boy in
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her neighborhood and despite being madly
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in love the two shared nothing in common
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the team was quiet shy and reserved
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while Peter was the life of the party
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and a few years older than Mary and
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despite Mary wanting to take things slow
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the team accidentally became pregnant
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just a few months into their burgeoning
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relationship the societal pressure of
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the time left the love birds with only
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one option get married and have a child
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and while this was obviously not what
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the couple had planned for least of all
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Mary who hadn't even gone to college yet
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they both knew the right option
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Mary wanted to keep the baby and get
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married and after much discussion Peter
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also agreed and despite knowing all the
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pressure this new baby would put on them
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the duo decided to get married quickly
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and prepared to weather the storm
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together
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a few months later their son Joshua was
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born and it was all worth it for Mary
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looking at her son made the past month
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stress anger and Struggle Worth it she
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fell head over heels in love with her
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little angel in a way she never thought
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was possible it might have come a lot
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sooner than expected but this was the
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life she had always envisioned for
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herself and despite all the money
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troubles a little family of three was
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making enough to survive
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Peter had found a job in the harbor
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thankfully it paid enough to allow Mary
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to stay at home and carefree on Joshua
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but his work also meant that Peter
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wasn't able to spend quality time at
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home with either Mary or his child
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through the little free time that Peter
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did have he devoted himself to his
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family and despite all the obstacles the
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next couple of years were spent happy
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that is until the family was hit with
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another surprise Mary got pregnant again
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this time around it felt different
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while the couple had stayed optimistic
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and prepared for a challenge the first
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time around this pregnancy felt like an
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obstacle rather than a gift
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Peter already struggled to ensure that
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Joshua was well taken care of
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financially he worried that it would be
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nearly impossible with another mouth to
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feed and things just got worse when the
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couple learned that Mary was expecting
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twins but Mary didn't have the same
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perspective on the situation raising
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Joshua proved to the mother that Peter
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and she made a good team and could meet
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life's unpredictability head on
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news felt like something the couple
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could easily handle but Peter the
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family's Breadwinner disagreed and
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nothing would change his mind Mary even
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offered to get a job to help raise the
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babies but Peter wouldn't hear of it
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instead her husband had one feasible
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solution Mary gets an abortion
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Peter was happy with only one child and
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couldn't see himself taking care of
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three kids and he was so confident of
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this decision that he ended up giving
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Mary an ultimatum
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it was him or the twins
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Mary decided to keep the children he
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would leave her and no matter what Mary
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said or did there was no convincing
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Peter to change his mind
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after months of fighting and her due
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date approaching fast Mary gave Peter
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her answer without hesitation
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she refused to give up the twins on top
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of that she told Peter that if he left
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she would ensure that the father would
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never see his kids again even Joshua the
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son he adored and despite all this Peter
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had made up his mind
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Mary's loaded threats weren't enough and
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the father thought it was better to be
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alone than be a father of twins and left
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the same day and with no job expecting
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Twins and a young son Mary had no choice
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but to move into her parents home
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thankfully her parents highly supported
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Mary's decision and reassured her that
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she had made the right decision they
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also helped Mary find a job she would
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start after the Twins were born
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and just a few months after Peter left
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Mary she gave birth to the twins who
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were both in good health and thanks to
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the mother's pre-planning and help from
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her parents she could find a new routine
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with three kids and work
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and her parents and her kids became a
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new and happier family and by the time
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the twins turned a year old married
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tried her best to forget all about Peter
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she was saving money and getting ready
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to move into her own space
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in her eyes this was the beginning of a
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new and happier family without Peter she
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was looking forward to the future but
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just when things started looking up
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another tragedy shook Mary and her
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family to the Core
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days after turning four Joshua vanished
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while playing in the garden
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Mary was at work and her mother was
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meant to look after the kids but while
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she was occupied with the twins Joshua
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disappeared Without a Trace from the
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front garden
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panicked Mary's parents searched the
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neighborhood finding no trace of him
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they promptly contacted the police the
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grandparents also called about friends
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and family to search for the toddler as
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they were confident the young boy had
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wandered around the neighborhood and
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would be found soon of course when Mary
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heard the news on call she abandoned her
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work and headed home consumed by anxiety
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the mother was panicked and felt like
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she was going to go mad every parent's
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worst nightmare had just become their
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reality
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Mary didn't even have time to be angry
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at her parents for losing Joshua the
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police were already there and they
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immediately put every available agent on
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it and spread a picture of him
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throughout the neighborhood
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but what was meant to be an easy search
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and rescue mission turned into a living
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nightmare there was no sign of the
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toddler and Mary became inconsolable
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with each passing minute that Joshua
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wasn't found
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Mary called everyone she knew and all
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her attention went to the search for
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Joshua this however brought other
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problems along she was spending so much
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effort looking for Joshua that she
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couldn't work and while her bosses were
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sympathetic toward the young mother
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after months of sick days they started
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to get impatient but Mary didn't care
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she would spend her days and nights
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searching alone for her son and wouldn't
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sleep or eat her condition went from
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terrible to even worse and soon she was
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fired from her jobs but Mary still had
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tunnel vision she needed to find her son
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she only broke out of her trance when
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her mother became sick Joshua's
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disappearance also immensely impacted
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Mary's parents who became so physically
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sick that they couldn't care for the
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Twins and it was only after seeing her
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parents suffer did Mary finally decide
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to find some balance in her life she
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abandoned her twins entirely in search
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of Joshua and finally noticed the young
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babies were being neglected
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so with a heavy heart Mary decided to
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step back and let the police hand the
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search for her son and focus on her two
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growing twins
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sadly by the time the mother returned to
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her senses she had already been replaced
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at her jobs
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her parents couldn't take responsibility
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for the twins anymore Mary's mother
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blamed herself for what happened to
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Joshua and didn't want to be alone with
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the kids anymore since her parents
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didn't want to take care of the kids and
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urged Mary to find child care with no
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job the young mother had to find work
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soon which she did Mary found a good job
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but it was in another state and while
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once leaving her parents home might have
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been an impossible Choice Mary needed a
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fresh start from the haunting memories
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of Joshua
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it took Mary a few years to settle down
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in her new job without having her eldest
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son with her but soon the mother did it
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for the sake of her twins she created a
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small yet sweet Social Circle and became
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an involved mother and while the pain of
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losing Joshua never subsided Mary did
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learn to cope with it soon the months
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turned to years and her twins had become
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grown-up adults both of them moved away
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for college and Mary was able to see
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them get married and have their own
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families
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Mary never got married again and had
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spent all of her energy providing for
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her kids and being lost in the memory of
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her son and now in her 80s the mother
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had all but given up hope of finding her
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son that is until she received a call
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from the police station the officer on
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the other line seemed young and excited
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he quickly got to the point a person had
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called in and said they knew about
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Joshua's whereabouts and even confessed
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to taking him despite having lived
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without her eldest and spent years
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trying to console herself hearing these
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words brought Mary back to the day she
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had lost him she quickly asked for all
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the officers details and was at the
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station within five minutes and that's
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when it all started to make sense her
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ex-husband Peter had called the police
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station and claimed responsibility for
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abducting the boy from his home he
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confessed that he had told Joshua that
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his mother and siblings had passed away
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and it was only now that his son was a
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grown-up man and kept asking questions
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about his family did Peter come forward
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all Mary could do was listen in horror
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the police had initially ruled out Peter
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as a suspect even though he was the most
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obvious choice but it turns out they
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were wrong Mary though at that point
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didn't care about why Peter did what he
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did all she wanted to do was reunite
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with her son which she did exactly that
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within days Joshua was told the whole
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truth and Mary could spend the rest of
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her days with her family
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