In 1995 Rector, Arkansas a family of four is reported missing. When 17 year old Aaron Flick is found to be alive and well police are confused about where the rest of his family could be. According to Aaron they are in Florida visiting friends, according to their friends in Florida they never showed leaving the Rector Police Force wondering, where is the Flick family? Within the following week of them be reported missing 17 year old Aaron is driving around in his Stepdad’s truck, using his credit cards and throwing party after party in the family’s garage that was converted into an apartment. The only stipulation is no one can go into the main house; it was closed off and locked according to Aaron. Repeated calls to law enforcement concerning the Flicks whereabouts caused police to put pressure on Aaron to give answers where needed. Pressure Aaron couldn’t take and eventually the truth about his family was revealed and surprisingly this whole time the Flick family had been closer than anyone could have imagined.

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City of Rector, Arkansas. (n.d.). https://rectorarkansas.gov

Crickett, A. (2022). 26 years later, convicted murderer’s life sentence gets reduced; could be free soon. ABC7. https://katv.com

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