“What did you do after you lost sight of him?” I pressed, tears streaming down my face.

“I waited two minutes, then I scrambled down the embankment to the vehicle,” Austin explained, his voice breaking.

“I found the boys… but they were already gone, Hannah.

The impact had killed them instantly.

I panicked and radioed for immediate backup, but by the time the other officers arrived, Brandon was nowhere to be found.”

My knees buckled, and Paige caught me before I could fall to the hard floor.

“Where did he go?” I wept into the phone.