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On a warm fall evening in 2002, Gabriel Polk was waiting for his father to come home from work.

The two had plans to see the San Francisco Giants play later that night,

and Gabriel was really looking forward to it.

His father, Felix Polk, a well-known psychologist in the Bay Area, was not answering his calls.

It was rare for him not to follow through on plans with his son.

It was also out of the ordinary for him not to call Gabe and let him know that he would be late.

At 8.30 that night, Gabriel anxiously called 911.

When the operator asked why he needed the police, rather than answer, Gabriel hung up the phone.

This was not the first time that week that police received a phone call from the Polk's home.

Just four days before, Felix had filed a police report,

claiming that his wife had threatened to shoot him.

Gabriel began searching for the business card the officer had given to his father that day,

believing he might be the best one to call now, but he could not find his card.

So Gabriel went to look in the guest house adjacent to their pool where his father had been staying temporarily.

What he found in there prompted him to flee back to the main house and call 911 again.

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