August 28, Friday, 9:00 PM
A couple of hours after the crime.
At Ondrea’s residence . . .
While singing the birthday song, police knocked on Ondrea's house front door.
"I am Detective Martin Callahan, and this is my partner, Detective Paige Monroe. We apologize for bothering you late this evening. Are you Ondrea Echeverrias' mother?"
"Yes,” Josie replied.
As soon as she saw the police, her heart thudded.
” W-what happened to my daughter? Sh-she’s . . . she’s in her room.”
“Ondrea!” she called out.”Sweetheart!” Josie quickly ran to her daughters' room, but she wasn't there.
"Ondrea was found unconscious by a park ranger at East Lake Sammamish Shore Lane near Zackuse creek."
“Sammamish?” Ethan confusedly asked,” Sammamish Lake?”
“You must be mistaken. My sister is in her— “
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