PART 2 — THE BULLET THAT BROKE THE SILENCE
But the most terrifying discovery was still hidden inside the body.
September 2010. Dr. Margaret Hail stood beneath the bright lights of the forensic examination room. In front of her lay the remains of Jaden Glenn.
For two months, his mother had imagined him lost, injured, perhaps desperately trying to find his way home. The examination revealed a far more disturbing truth. Jaden had not died from exposure.
He had not drowned. And he had not fallen from a cliff. There was a gunshot wound beneath his collarbone. The bullet had traveled through his chest and lodged near his lower back.
Dr. Hail carefully recovered it. A . 308-caliber bullet. The type commonly fired from hunting rifles. When Detective Rivers received the report, he stared at one sentence.
HE WENT INTO SHASTA FOREST FOR THREE DAYS—62 DAYS LATER, THEY FOUND HIM WRAPPED IN HIS OWN TENT… AND THE TRUTH WAS WORSE THAN ANYONE IMAGINED
