Dad covered the wreckage with dirt even though the forensic investigation wasn’t over yet?
The mom ASSUMED, even with the front door unlocked, that the kids all went to their rooms?
She didn’t check on ONE?
Hmm.
The mom ASSUMED, even with the front door unlocked, that the kids all went to their rooms?
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Locking doors is era and neighborhood dependent behavior.
Back in those days, even in the cities, in many areas people would leave their doors unlocked during the days, in rural areas, some folks never locked their doors.
When I was growing up, we lived on the outskirts of town and didn’t lock our doors until bedtime. And my parents didn’t do organized bed checks either. We kids were always in bed but there wasn’t any checking.