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Music You know, The Meadows Mobile Home Park in Tarpon Springs, Florida was the quiet retirement community where neighbors noticed everything.

In December 2018, as Christmas lights began appearing on the modest homes, residents went about their daily routines.

Deborah Lafferton was used to seeing her neighbor Laura walking three small dogs along the quiet streets.

That month, though, Laura was sometimes accompanied by two of her grandchildren who'd come to visit.

It was just before Christmas, I know that. I think I was told that they were three years old and two years old.

The sight of the toddlers playing in the Florida sunshine was a cheerful part of the holiday season. But then something unusual started happening at Laura's house on Juanita Way.

There was a young man outside to residence on two occasions.

I saw him and he was doing what looked like landscaping,

but he was digging a trench.

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