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This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault and violence.

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I was telling her about the dreams I was having and she begged me not to go out because

the neighborhood was bad. And being 18 I thought, okay I can take care of myself walking up there

but she begged me not to go out and I didn't listen to her.

In 1980, Cheryl Fan lived in Toledo, Ohio with her fiance Bud,

their two-year-old son Eric and Bud's brother.

Bud was a meat cutter at a local grocery store.

Bud's income was supporting both both of us and our two two-year-old.

My life did revolve around my son.

My son was everything to me.

Bud's income was enough to support the young family.

But just barely.

The neighborhood was a poor neighborhood but that's all that we could afford at the time

because we didn't have a car and that's close enough for him to walk to work.

One night Cheryl decided to surprise Bud at work.

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