Sheriff Turner stopped me before I reached the door. He moved Gideon and me into the back room, then met Dorian outside with another deputy. Dorian immediately asked for his phone. When Turner mentioned the message about Marlene “trying to get out,” his expression changed. Because the messages suggested someone was being confined and might be in immediate danger, officers preserved the phone and began checking the locations, photographs, and addresses connected to the conversation rather than letting me confront him.
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