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Music us up. Let's get into today's kiss. Thank you. I'm going to I'm going to This was a very difficult investigation.

Any time that any of us have to investigate, prosecute cases that involved the abuse or death of an innocent child. It all

hits us in the heart. Tucked into the rolling hills and farmland of eastern Pennsylvania lies the small village of Kempton.

It's close to the base of the Blue Mountain Range, a place where winding roads cut through pastures and forests.

Kempton was settled in the 18th century, primarily by the Pennsylvania Dutch.

These settlers established farms, mills and small churches. By the mid-1800s, it had a

post office, general store, and was becoming a small but active farming community. The arrival of the

railroad helped to shape the village's early economy. Even today, Kempton has kept its unique charm,

but it has a surprisingly active active cultural life for such a rural

village. There's the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary,

and it has a thriving folk festival culture. Life of the residence is quiet and peaceful,

but that was all shattered one day in September of 2019.

A 911 call came into police reporting something so horrific

that it sounded like a scene from a horror movie.

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