I Found Two Babies in a Cardboard Box on Route 66—Then Their Missing Mother’s Warning Named the Man Asking to Take Them Home

My supervisor asked whether our documentation was complete and whether any information had been released improperly.

Those were fair questions.

I answered them and checked the release log.

Frank put the newspaper on my desk afterward.

“Don’t chase the headline.”

“I’m not.”

“You’ll want to.”

I looked at the photograph.