Our card this week is Dominic Marino, the two of clubs from Connecticut.

There had been many times that Mark Marino hugged his oldest son goodbye and feared that he might

never see him again. After all, Dominic was an Air Force vet who'd been deployed overseas more

than a few times.

But as they hug goodbye one night in the fall of 2018, this wasn't one of those moments.

30-year-old Dominic was just heading home after a short visit with his dad,

both sure that they would see each other again soon.

But that's the thing about tragedy.

It often jumps out at you when you least expect it.

You never know which hug will be the last.

Mark sure didn't.

And now that hug is a scene that he'll play on loop in his mind for the rest of his life,

or at least until he finally has some answers about what happened to his son on a frigid November night just a week later. I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck.

Music The 28-year-old Vinnie Marino didn't notice anything weird when his Uber dropped him off at the house he shared with his big brother Dominic on November 18, 2018.

At least not at first.

It was a little before 5 p.m. on a Sunday, and Vinnie was coming back from spending the weekend with his girlfriend at her place in a nearby town. It may not have been late, but the days are short

that time of year, so it was already getting dark as he walked up to the front door,

which he was startled to find was open.

And not just left open, which wouldn't have made much sense on this cold day anyway,

but it had been forced in, like busted open.

As soon as Vinnie crossed the threshold into the house,

there were no two ways about it.

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