Sort and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.

Listener discretion is advised.

I could have never fathomed someone would come into my home and take my little girl.

I could have not fathomed that.

Welcome to season 5, episode 124 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.

This week, a case of the most despicable type of murder.

A murder that may have never been solved if not for the advances of science.

Sometimes when you have nothing else, you have to rely on circumstantial evidence.

And despite there being plenty of physical evidence just lying around, it may be years before science catches up and allows us to use that evidence

in favor of the prosecution and in favor of justice.

Cyberbia.

A place where well-painted homes lie in smoothly paved streets.

Some have picket fences. Others boast perfectly manicured lawns.

We move to these places with the idea of fulfilling the so-called American dream.

Most days are routine.

Wake up, get ready for work, get the kids to school, wave to the neighbors and go about the day.

In this type of environment, you and your family are supposed to feel safe, protected in some way, able to trust those around you.

But if a child were to go missing, would you still have that trust in your neighbors?

Would your interactions with any of these people around you change?

Springtime weather in central Oklahoma is often tumultuous.

Warm, humid air draws north from Mexico, while the cool, drier flows down from Canada.

Creating a bevy of severe weather conditions.

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