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

She believed that if she put the box where it was visible, an officer would find it quickly.

“Did someone promise a cruiser would come?”

“No.”

“Did you know my route?”

“No.

Not yours.

I’d seen patrols.”

“Did you know what time one would arrive?”