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Jan Schemenauer kissed her husband of five months goodbye as he left their home with a buddy to help another friend.

Although it was a relatively brief errand, she wasn’t too concerned when he hadn’t returned by 9 p.m. By 10, she started to wonder what happened.

When she dozed off, then woke up after midnight to discover he still hadn’t come home, that uneasy feeling grew stronger.

When the knock at her door came around 1 a.m., something in her heart just knew.

The police officer standing on her porch didn’t tell her much; he just had her dial a number.

The disembodied voice at the...