This is one of the most heartbreaking and revealing calls in the series. Stephan’s mother, choking back emotion, asks the question many parents fear but feel compelled to ask: “Were you ever abused?”

She’s searching. For answers. For blame. For something that explains how her son could be involved in something as devastating as the murder of Madeline Soto.

Stephan gives vague, unclear answers about early experiences, but nothing conclusive. This call dives into the psychology of trauma, and how families try to rewrite their history to survive the present.

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