September 04, 2025

Tonya McCartor | 169

1 hour 5 minutes

In 1988, Tonya Hudkins was a recent widow raising 3 kids on her own and she was rocking it as a single mom. She never missed her kids baseball games or school events and she worked hard to keep them afloat financially. In the late 90s, she met Daryl McCartor who she eventually married and they were blissfully happy, but that all changed in May 2002. It was your typical Sunday afternoon and Tonya, Daryl, their kids & grandchild were swimming at a local athletic club having no idea that they were being watched...and had been for hours...

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