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KILLAFORNIA DREAMING PRESENTS… DEADBEAT MOM: Parenting A Child Whose Own Mother Refuses To... 

From the creator and host of Killafornia Dreaming comes something a little different. Same sarcastic storytelling, same questionable human behavior, but this time, the nightmare isn’t a murder investigation. It’s motherhood. Or, more accurately, one woman’s remarkable dedication to avoiding it.

Welcome to Deadbeat Mom, a darkly comedic, brutally sarcastic podcast about the unexpected adventures of raising someone else’s child while his biological mother treats parenting like an optional subscription service she forgot to cancel.

In this special presentation, we’re introducing Killafornia Dreaming listeners to Episode 8, “The One-Star Yelp Review from the Zero-Star Mom.”

Meet Veronica. She’s a mother who struggles to show up for her own parenting time but somehow manages to find the time to involve herself in everybody else’s business.

When Veronica discovered that the woman helping raise her son had purchased a small business, she decided to celebrate the occasion in the most Veronica way imaginable: by leaving a one-star Yelp review.

But this wasn’t your ordinary disgruntled-customer review.

Veronica allegedly had a customer-service complaint so severe that she never actually needed to be a customer. Instead, she used someone else’s name, attempted to conceal her identity, and published a horrifying accusation of child sexual abuse against the business owner.

Unfortunately for Veronica, while she changed her public display name, the email notification identifying the reviewer told a very different story.

And just like that, a woman who can’t seem to manage a Friday custody exchange somehow found the time to become an amateur identity thief, online critic, and character assassin.

In this episode, we’re discussing the review, the attempted deception, the evidence identifying its author, and the breathtaking audacity of someone who apparently has plenty of time to attack the person raising her child but considerably less time to actually raise him herself.

If you enjoy the storytelling, sarcasm, and examination of spectacularly questionable decisions that have become staples of Killafornia Dreaming, you’ll feel right at home in the Veronica Cinematic Universe.

Because sometimes the most unbelievable stories aren’t true crime. They’re just true.

Listen to this special presentation, then subscribe to Deadbeat Mom wherever you get your podcasts for more tales of custody chaos, parenting failures, and the woman who keeps providing the material...

#KillaforniaDreaming #DeadbeatMomPodcast #TrueCrimePodcast #ParentingFails #PodcastRecommendations

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What happens when a suspicious death becomes one of the most controversial criminal investigations in recent American history? When the people responsible for uncovering the truth find themselves at the center of allegations of misconduct, questionable decisions, conflicting statements, and a possible cover-up?

Welcome to the Karen Read case.

In this multi-part series of Killafornia Dreaming, we’re taking a slightly different approach. Rather than simply retelling the events surrounding the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and the prosecution of his girlfriend, Karen Read, we’re turning our attention to something that may be just as fascinating as the case itself: the extraordinary amount of controversy, questionable behavior, suspicious circumstances, and alleged misconduct surrounding nearly every stage of the investigation and prosecution.

From the earliest hours following John O’Keefe’s death to the investigations, courtroom revelations, and two highly publicized trials, we’re examining the details that raised eyebrows, fueled public outrage, and left people questioning whether the full truth had ever been uncovered.

We’ll explore the relationships between investigators, witnesses, law enforcement officers, and individuals connected to the case. We’ll examine conflicting testimony, missing or disputed evidence, unusual investigative decisions, controversial communications, allegations of witness coordination, potential conflicts of interest, and claims of police corruption or a possible cover-up.

And we’re not stopping with the police.

Anyone whose actions, statements, decisions, or involvement raised legitimate questions is fair game for examination.

Some of these controversies may have reasonable explanations. Others may reveal serious investigative failures. And some have fueled allegations of something far more deliberate.

Throughout this series, we’ll distinguish documented facts from allegations, speculation, and competing interpretations while examining the evidence supporting or contradicting each claim.

We’re going back to the beginning and working our way through the entire controversy, one questionable decision, one troubling inconsistency, and one extraordinary revelation at a time.

Because this series isn’t simply about whether Karen Read was guilty or innocent.

It’s about everything that happened along the way that made so many people question whether justice was being served at all.

And when you start putting all those pieces together, the bigger picture becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.

Join me, Roseanne, for The Tale of Karen Read, a multi-part investigation into the controversies, allegations, unanswered questions, and possible misconduct surrounding one of America’s most divisive criminal cases.

#KillaforniaDreaming #KarenRead #JohnOKeefe #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForJohnOKeefe

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https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/karen-read-case-timeline/3344780/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-trial-timeline-john-okeefe/

https://www.boston.com/

https://apnews.com/article/e636f03f40f3c03f24338d5ba7d40bd1

https://www.courttv.com/

https://www.boston25news.com/

https://www.wcvb.com/

https://www.masslive.com/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-court-system

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/supreme-judicial-court

https://www.masscourts.org/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-state-police

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma

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What happens when a suspicious death becomes one of the most controversial criminal investigations in recent American history? When the people responsible for uncovering the truth find themselves at the center of allegations of misconduct, questionable decisions, conflicting statements, and a possible cover-up?

Welcome to the Karen Read case.

In this multi-part series of Killafornia Dreaming, we’re taking a slightly different approach. Rather than simply retelling the events surrounding the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and the prosecution of his girlfriend, Karen Read, we’re turning our attention to something that may be just as fascinating as the case itself: the extraordinary amount of controversy, questionable behavior, suspicious circumstances, and alleged misconduct surrounding nearly every stage of the investigation and prosecution.

From the earliest hours following John O’Keefe’s death to the investigations, courtroom revelations, and two highly publicized trials, we’re examining the details that raised eyebrows, fueled public outrage, and left people questioning whether the full truth had ever been uncovered.

We’ll explore the relationships between investigators, witnesses, law enforcement officers, and individuals connected to the case. We’ll examine conflicting testimony, missing or disputed evidence, unusual investigative decisions, controversial communications, allegations of witness coordination, potential conflicts of interest, and claims of police corruption or a possible cover-up.

And we’re not stopping with the police.

Anyone whose actions, statements, decisions, or involvement raised legitimate questions is fair game for examination.

Some of these controversies may have reasonable explanations. Others may reveal serious investigative failures. And some have fueled allegations of something far more deliberate.

Throughout this series, we’ll distinguish documented facts from allegations, speculation, and competing interpretations while examining the evidence supporting or contradicting each claim.

We’re going back to the beginning and working our way through the entire controversy, one questionable decision, one troubling inconsistency, and one extraordinary revelation at a time.

Because this series isn’t simply about whether Karen Read was guilty or innocent.

It’s about everything that happened along the way that made so many people question whether justice was being served at all.

And when you start putting all those pieces together, the bigger picture becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.

Join me, Roseanne, for The Tale of Karen Read, a multi-part investigation into the controversies, allegations, unanswered questions, and possible misconduct surrounding one of America’s most divisive criminal cases.

#KillaforniaDreaming #KarenRead #JohnOKeefe #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForJohnOKeefe

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SOURCES:

https://www.nbcboston.com/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/karen-read-case-timeline/3344780/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-trial-timeline-john-okeefe/

https://www.boston.com/

https://apnews.com/article/e636f03f40f3c03f24338d5ba7d40bd1

https://www.courttv.com/

https://www.boston25news.com/

https://www.wcvb.com/

https://www.masslive.com/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-court-system

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/supreme-judicial-court

https://www.masscourts.org/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-state-police

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma

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What happens when a suspicious death becomes one of the most controversial criminal investigations in recent American history? When the people responsible for uncovering the truth find themselves at the center of allegations of misconduct, questionable decisions, conflicting statements, and a possible cover-up?

Welcome to the Karen Read case.

In this multi-part series of Killafornia Dreaming, we’re taking a slightly different approach. Rather than simply retelling the events surrounding the death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe and the prosecution of his girlfriend, Karen Read, we’re turning our attention to something that may be just as fascinating as the case itself: the extraordinary amount of controversy, questionable behavior, suspicious circumstances, and alleged misconduct surrounding nearly every stage of the investigation and prosecution.

From the earliest hours following John O’Keefe’s death to the investigations, courtroom revelations, and two highly publicized trials, we’re examining the details that raised eyebrows, fueled public outrage, and left people questioning whether the full truth had ever been uncovered.

We’ll explore the relationships between investigators, witnesses, law enforcement officers, and individuals connected to the case. We’ll examine conflicting testimony, missing or disputed evidence, unusual investigative decisions, controversial communications, allegations of witness coordination, potential conflicts of interest, and claims of police corruption or a possible cover-up.

And we’re not stopping with the police.

Anyone whose actions, statements, decisions, or involvement raised legitimate questions is fair game for examination.

Some of these controversies may have reasonable explanations. Others may reveal serious investigative failures. And some have fueled allegations of something far more deliberate.

Throughout this series, we’ll distinguish documented facts from allegations, speculation, and competing interpretations while examining the evidence supporting or contradicting each claim.

We’re going back to the beginning and working our way through the entire controversy, one questionable decision, one troubling inconsistency, and one extraordinary revelation at a time.

Because this series isn’t simply about whether Karen Read was guilty or innocent.

It’s about everything that happened along the way that made so many people question whether justice was being served at all.

And when you start putting all those pieces together, the bigger picture becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.

Join me, Roseanne, for The Tale of Karen Read, a multi-part investigation into the controversies, allegations, unanswered questions, and possible misconduct surrounding one of America’s most divisive criminal cases.

#KillaforniaDreaming #KarenRead #JohnOKeefe #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForJohnOKeefe

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SOURCES:

https://www.nbcboston.com/

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/karen-read-case-timeline/3344780/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/karen-read-trial-timeline-john-okeefe/

https://www.boston.com/

https://apnews.com/article/e636f03f40f3c03f24338d5ba7d40bd1

https://www.courttv.com/

https://www.boston25news.com/

https://www.wcvb.com/

https://www.masslive.com/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-court-system

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/supreme-judicial-court

https://www.masscourts.org/

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-state-police

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma

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What began as an ordinary high school track meet would end with two families changed forever, two young lives lost in profoundly different ways, and a few terrible seconds that would become the subject of arguments far beyond the stadium where they happened.

Austin Metcalf was 17 years old. He came to the meet to compete, to spend the day with teammates and friends, and eventually to go home. He never did.

Karmelo Anthony was 17 years old too. He arrived at that same stadium with an entire adulthood still ahead of him. Before the day was over, his name would become inseparable from Austin’s, and the trajectory of his life would change forever.

At the center of this case is an encounter that initially seemed almost absurdly insignificant: a disagreement over where someone was sitting. Yet within minutes, Austin was mortally wounded, his twin brother was desperately trying to save him, and Karmelo was being taken into custody.

But the story that followed would become much larger than those few moments.  Questions about self-defense, responsibility, race, juvenile justice, social media, fundraising, misinformation, and the behavior of people surrounding both teenagers would transform a local tragedy into a case debated by millions of strangers. Somewhere underneath all of that noise, however, remained something much simpler and infinitely sadder.

Austin Metcalf was dead.

And another 17-year-old boy had just begun losing the life he once expected to have.

In Episode 338, Part One of The Tale of Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony, we go back to the beginning, before the headlines, before the internet chose sides, and before anyone knew how far the consequences of one encounter at a high school stadium would reach.

Because this is ultimately the story of two teenagers who walked into the same stadium that morning.  And neither of them would ever truly come home.

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SOURCES: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/live-updates/live-updates-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-fatal-stabbing-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/new-details-background-karmelo-anthony-retrial-hearing-08-20-2026/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-retrial-hearing-austin-metcalf-murder-august-21/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-new-trial-decision-austin-metcalf-8-22-2026/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/frisco-track-meet-stabbing-trial-karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-timeline/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/defense-rests-in-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-in-fatal-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-at-frisco-isd-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet-stabbing/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthonys-legal-team-files-for-new-trial-judges-removal/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-families-death-threats-murder-trial/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/trial-date-set-karmelo-anthony-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-collin-county-judge-media-security-order/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/karmelo-anthony-photographed-guns-docs-reveal-alleged-history-rage-threats-violence
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2026-08-21/kept-out-of-the-trial-karmelo-anthony-spoiling-for-a-fight-victim-sprayed-racist-graffiti
https://www.tpr.org/news/2026-06-09/karmelo-anthony-sentenced-to-35-years-in-fatal-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-at-frisco-track-meet
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2026-07-07/karmelo-anthony-attorneys-file-motions-for-new-trial-judge-recusal-in-frisco-stabbing-case
https://en.rattibha.com/thread/2094823621663306186
https://threadreaderapp.com/scrolly/2094818735416619339

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What began as an ordinary high school track meet would end with two families changed forever, two young lives lost in profoundly different ways, and a few terrible seconds that would become the subject of arguments far beyond the stadium where they happened.

Austin Metcalf was 17 years old. He came to the meet to compete, to spend the day with teammates and friends, and eventually to go home. He never did.

Karmelo Anthony was 17 years old too. He arrived at that same stadium with an entire adulthood still ahead of him. Before the day was over, his name would become inseparable from Austin’s, and the trajectory of his life would change forever.

At the center of this case is an encounter that initially seemed almost absurdly insignificant: a disagreement over where someone was sitting. Yet within minutes, Austin was mortally wounded, his twin brother was desperately trying to save him, and Karmelo was being taken into custody.

But the story that followed would become much larger than those few moments.  Questions about self-defense, responsibility, race, juvenile justice, social media, fundraising, misinformation, and the behavior of people surrounding both teenagers would transform a local tragedy into a case debated by millions of strangers. Somewhere underneath all of that noise, however, remained something much simpler and infinitely sadder.

Austin Metcalf was dead.

And another 17-year-old boy had just begun losing the life he once expected to have.

In Episode 338, Part One of The Tale of Austin Metcalf and Karmelo Anthony, we go back to the beginning, before the headlines, before the internet chose sides, and before anyone knew how far the consequences of one encounter at a high school stadium would reach.

Because this is ultimately the story of two teenagers who walked into the same stadium that morning.  And neither of them would ever truly come home.

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SOURCES: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/live-updates/live-updates-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-fatal-stabbing-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/new-details-background-karmelo-anthony-retrial-hearing-08-20-2026/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-retrial-hearing-austin-metcalf-murder-august-21/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-new-trial-decision-austin-metcalf-8-22-2026/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/frisco-track-meet-stabbing-trial-karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-timeline/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/defense-rests-in-karmelo-anthony-murder-trial-in-fatal-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-at-frisco-isd-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet-stabbing/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthonys-legal-team-files-for-new-trial-judges-removal/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-austin-metcalf-families-death-threats-murder-trial/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/trial-date-set-karmelo-anthony-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-austin-metcalf-frisco-track-meet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-collin-county-judge-media-security-order/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/karmelo-anthony-photographed-guns-docs-reveal-alleged-history-rage-threats-violence
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2026-08-21/kept-out-of-the-trial-karmelo-anthony-spoiling-for-a-fight-victim-sprayed-racist-graffiti
https://www.tpr.org/news/2026-06-09/karmelo-anthony-sentenced-to-35-years-in-fatal-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-at-frisco-track-meet
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2026-07-07/karmelo-anthony-attorneys-file-motions-for-new-trial-judge-recusal-in-frisco-stabbing-case
https://en.rattibha.com/thread/2094823621663306186
https://threadreaderapp.com/scrolly/2094818735416619339

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A CHILD; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED... On September 5, 2025, a seemingly abandoned Tesla was towed from an affluent neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills.  Within a couple days, tow yard employees couldn't get past the outrageously pungent odor emanating from the Tesla, along with colonies of insects making themselves at home in and around it.  The workers couldn't be sure what the smell was, but they knew.  The LAPD was contacted, the smell was reported and when officers arrived and opened the front end cargo area of the vehicle, they discovered two body bags containing dismembered human remains.  Whose remains were these?  Who did this Tesla belong to?  And how did all this end up in a tow yard in Hollywood?  This is the first part of a two part series on the 2025 murder of 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

SOURCES:

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-burke-hearing-celeste-rivas-hernandez-65647a24c7808bebc0b6ff9040f50615

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-timeline-100e62a0e54ca5d5786d5f7d1570c33c

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-trial-52aced35d8cccc3a3d6445b6d13db6a5

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-charges-celeste-rivas-hernandez-a5ae08c1dda921dad1750d3ceda16c47

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-what-to-know-7d278e5f2fc1e3c4bce9dabb0bdc2098

https://abc7ny.com/story/celeste-rivas-hernandez-was-not-pregnant-when-she-killed-prosecutors-say/19600998/

https://abcnews.com/US/d4vd-murder-case-timeline-investigation-14-year-girls/story?id=132319472

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-killing-burke-32ca2cc61ca6b7db8e3170888d3dacd4

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-suspect-celeste-rivas-hernandez-f58e2983916aaf3340cc48b7e711118f

https://apnews.com/article/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-lake-elsinore-d3ed2bdb9f023041226f13912bc1f4fa

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS INVOLVING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, MURDER AND MUTILATION OF A CHILD; LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED... September 5, 2025, a seemingly abandoned Tesla was towed from an affluent neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills.  Within a couple days, tow yard employees couldn't get past the outrageously pungent odor emanating from the Tesla, along with colonies of insects making themselves at home in and around it.  The workers couldn't be sure what the smell was, but they knew.  The LAPD was contacted, the smell was reported and when officers arrived and opened the front end cargo area of the vehicle, they discovered two body bags containing dismembered human remains.  Whose remains were these?  Who did this Tesla belong to?  And how did all this end up in a tow yard in Hollywood?  This is the first part of a two part series on the 2025 murder of 14 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

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WARNING: THIS 4 PART SERIES INCLUDES SOME SENSITIVE DETAILS INVOLVING CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY.

On April 11, 1981, 15-year-old Barbara "Barb" Cotton went out for the evening. Depending on who you ask, she was reportedly having dinner with a friend, a boyfriend, her mother, or some combination of the three. What is certain is that Barb never returned home. She was never seen or heard from again.

Over the decades, several persons of interest have emerged, including Barb's own brother, Frank. Yet despite years of investigation, countless questions, and a family still searching for answers, no one has been able to definitively explain what happened to Barb.

Today, we're exploring a new possibility involving a different person of interest, someone who has never been seriously examined as a potential suspect. By following the small details, taking a closer look at the family dynamics, and examining who truly had the means, motive, and opportunity, we're going to revisit one of North Dakota's most enduring mysteries and ask whether the answer may have been hiding in plain sight all along.

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WARNING: THIS 4 PART SERIES INCLUDES SOME SENSITIVE DETAILS INVOLVING CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY.

On April 11, 1981, 15-year-old Barbara "Barb" Cotton went out for the evening. Depending on who you ask, she was reportedly having dinner with a friend, a boyfriend, her mother, or some combination of the three. What is certain is that Barb never returned home. She was never seen or heard from again.

Over the decades, several persons of interest have emerged, including Barb's own brother, Frank. Yet despite years of investigation, countless questions, and a family still searching for answers, no one has been able to definitively explain what happened to Barb.

Today, we're exploring a new possibility involving a different person of interest, someone who has never been seriously examined as a potential suspect. By following the small details, taking a closer look at the family dynamics, and examining who truly had the means, motive, and opportunity, we're going to revisit one of North Dakota's most enduring mysteries and ask whether the answer may have been hiding in plain sight all along.

LINKS RELATED TO BARB:

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=find%20barbara%20louise%20cotton%20

NAMUS: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP2921

CHARLEY PROJECT: https://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-louise-cotton

DAKOTA SPOTLIGHT: https://dakotaspotlight.com/

WILLISTON PD: https://www.facebook.com/WillistonNDPD

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