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Welcome to Obscura, where we shine a light on the dark. I'm going to be here. So, The Norberto Petrie was born on March 13th, 1963. He was one of nine children.

His entire family lived together in one house that had only two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen.

There was no indoor bathroom, running water, or television.

The family was extremely poor, and each child only had one outfit that he or she could wear every day

and had to have washed on the weekends. Norberto's father was a mean drunk, an alcoholic who would drink every day after work.

He'd stormed through the front door after a long day of work, the kids running scared, and if he couldn't get his hands on one of the children he'd beat their mother right in front of them

No one in the house was spared

After a time Norberto's father grew tired of paying for the kids.

He left one night without saying a single word.

His father never returned or sent money to care for the family.

Norverto's mother realized they needed a change.

So they immigrated to the United States in 1969, specifically Palm Beach Florida.

There she met and started dating a man named Freddie Torres.

Within short order, Torres started sexually abusing Norberto.

His brothers and sisters confused, even jealous, why Norberto received so much candy and toys.

Torres did not sexually abuse anyone else in the family.

This sexual abuse lasted for a period of at least two years.

Nverto's mother was totally ineffective as a parent

when she was unable to deal with her children.

Petrie's life lacked family structure. No one cared for the children. No limits were set. There was no management, and Petrie had no source of comfort.

Norperto saw comfort from his brother Edwin, but the older brother was no help, instead

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