Somewhere in the city, Dana’s records might be helping police answer questions.

But Owen’s real question remained unanswered.

Where was his mother?

PART 9: The White Bag

The search of Curtis’s property continued under warrants I never saw and did not need to see.

Investigators examined his vehicles, phone records, and business connections.

The public story was already growing beyond our family: a child found locked in an enclosure, a missing mother, objects pulled from a backyard pool.

A local reporter left a message asking whether I would describe the rescue on camera.