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

I could have not fathom 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.

Music and in favor of justice. Suburbia, a place where well-painted homes line 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, dry air flows down from Canada,

creating a bevy of severe weather conditions.

Thunderstorms that are capable of producing large hail and tornadoes are not rare during

this time of year.

In 1997, on days that weren't storming, it wasn't unusual to see children playing in their

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