I Found My Neighbor’s Twin Toddlers Hiding in My Empty Trash Can—Then Their Mother Told Me Why They Had Been Sent to Find Me

The people handling their assessment arranged appropriate support and interviews.

Hannah and Megan were given advice about responding to spontaneous remarks without pushing the girls for more information.

Megan mentioned that to me after one of the girls said something about a locked door.

“We listen,” she said.

“We don’t turn every remark into a question.”

I followed her lead.

Then the detective told me, in a limited update I was authorized to receive, that investigators had found packed bags in Derek’s SUV.

Children’s clothes were inside.