“I told him we could call the prescriber about alternatives,” Lydia said.

“He was frantic.

He didn’t want to leave without something that might help.”

Had he purchased anything?

She checked the register: oral rehydration supplies, crackers, a small bottle of children’s fever reducer.

The prescription itself remained unfilled.

He had left shortly after 6:00 p.m.

His truck was seen on a traffic camera on the road toward home at 6:23.