EPISODE

8. A Day in the Life

This case, a missing 15-year-old school boy, focuses on the emotional anguish of the parents as the team does its best to find him.

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After young Shawn Hopkins disappears one night after leaving the arcade, his parents soon begin to believe that the team is not doing everything to find their son, and are shocked to learn that their son has been gambling and has also been seen with a local drug dealer. After learning that Shawn had taken up the cause of a friend who had been raped, Larry and Susan Hopkins are relieved to learn that their son wasn't doing anything wrong, but worried that he still might not come home. This episode is seen through the eyes of the missing boy's parents point of view.

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