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You're watching Investigation Discovery On Demand.
It's been a pretty good day.
Much better than yesterday, thank God.
No, my anxiety hasn't flared up too much.
Oh, really?
After a quiet day at home, 42 -year -old Dana McKay settles in for the night.
Dana's husband, John, has been away for nearly a week, visiting family in New
York. I miss you, too.
Hold on.
Oh, my mom's on the other line.
I gotta go.
I love you, too.
I knew that John was out of town, and I called her to make sure that she was
okay before I went to bed.
Hi, Mama.
I'm okay.
I don't know. Something's off. She said, things don't feel right.
And I said, well, just make sure that your doors are locked.
I will.
I promise.
Yes.
I love you, too.
Good night.
Don?
Dana, this is my fourth message.
Where are you?
Sarah Pearson hasn't heard from her daughter, Dana, in almost 24 hours.
She would call home every day, sometimes three or four times a day. I'm worried.
I said, Dana, you're scaring me. Call me as soon as you can.
Sarah lives more than 600 miles from her daughter, so she calls Dana's neighbor
to check in.
Hello?
Sarah Pearson, Dana's mom.
Oh, hi, Mrs. Pearson. How have you been?
Not good, actually.
Have you seen Dana out at all today?
I haven't seen her. Is something wrong?
She's not answering her phone.
John's out of town, and I'm getting worried.
Can you go over and check on her for me?
Sure. I'll go right over.
Oh, thanks.
And so I waited and waited and waited.
Dana?
Dana, are you home?
Your mom's been trying to reach you all day.
Dana?
Oh, my God.
Once she entered the residence, it appeared to be disorderly papers and
had been moved around that was very unusual.
Dana, are you in there?
Dana?
Oh, my God.
Police quickly swarm the McKay home and secure the property.
Dear God.
Unbelievable.
I've been a police officer quite a few years, and I've been to quite a few
homicide scenes, and this is probably one of the most brutal I've ever seen.
It was a very violent scene.
The way they came through the door, the killer had a full head of steam.
The door jamb is broken.
She didn't give up without a fight. It was defensive wounds on her hands.
So I'm gutting a large knife.
Officer, I need you to get someone to go through the kitchen. I want to see if
the killer found his weapon here or if he brought it with him.
Yes, sir. Has anyone got a hold of the husband yet?
Neighbor says he's been out of town for a week or so. Keep trying to track him
down. We need to talk to him ASAP.
Now, the investigators, they don't really know what to think because this
nice neighborhood, so they're really in shock.
Let's get some officers to start a sweep of the neighborhood.
I want you to find everything you can about Miss Dana McKay. Copy.
I'm telling you, Dana, this was our year. I can feel it. I can smell the
Bowl coming.
37 -year -old Dana Patterson is living with her mother, Sarah, and stepfather,
Stephen, in her hometown of Calhoun, Georgia.
Dana was lovable.
She had such a kind heart.
Loved to be with friends.
She was a girly girl. She loved her makeup. She always liked to get her hair
done.
She was a Falcons fan, true and true, even when they were horrible.
No way we don't at least make it to the playoff.
As we said last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. I
50 bucks that says this is our year.
I'll take that bet.
After going through a painful divorce, Dana is hesitant to open up her heart
again. I believe her first marriage ended due to infidelity.
That was very devastating for her. I think it was very hard for her to move
with it.
Finally, ready to take the leap, Dana joins an internet dating site.
It's there she meets John McKay, an army man currently deployed in Iraq.
Hey, Beth.
Can you see me?
The internet is really slow here.
Don't worry about it. Are you okay?
She's like, girl, I met this guy online and he's so good looking. He's built,
you know, he's military.
But I want to hear about you.
Things are good.
I just miss you.
I miss you too.
I feel like I know you so well, it's hard to believe that we've never
met.
I'm counting down the days till you're back safe, but John, you know my past.
We have to take it slow.
Don't worry.
I'll learn your trust. I promise.
I just can't wait to be in your arms.
Next thing I know, they're going to get married.
It all happened too quickly for me, probably because I'm old school.
The newlyweds move often for the next several years.
In 2011, John is transferred to Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia.
Oh my gosh, I love it. We're going to be so happy here, baby.
I know it's hard being married to a serviceman, but I want this to be our
I promise.
I love you.
Now, John and Dana, they were really living a great life. They had two dogs.
They went for walks, holding hands, and they were the perfect couple.
Dana lands a job at a local flooring company.
while John rises through the ranks to Staff Sergeant, working as a helicopter
mechanic instructor.
How's my soldier doing?
Any day I'm not in Iraq and I get to be with you is bliss.
Oh, thank you.
How was your day?
I scored a huge sale. Nice.
I bet you got him a good deal, too, didn't you? You know I did.
He was always telling her that he loved her, and I was so happy for her.
Let's make sure we get some up -close pictures of the stuff over here, the
evidence over here.
While investigators continue to gather evidence at the McKay home, police
finally get a hold of Dana's husband in New York.
All right, go ahead.
Oh, God.
Her husband, John McKay, sounded very distraught.
Okay.
Okay, I'll come back to Virginia immediately.
He told us that he would drive in from New York, leave on that day, and come
us on Monday morning.
Dana's mother has been anxiously awaiting news.
The phone rang.
It was one of the detectives. And they told us that Dana was
deceased.
I checked all the windows and doors. There's no sign of forced entry
Except for the bedroom.
The investigators started to think, okay, John is out of town.
Maybe this is just a robbery gone wrong. And Dana was just at the wrong place at
the wrong time.
It could have been just some crazy guy walking down the street and chose this
house. We really did not know at that point.
Based on the way that we found her,
give me a rape kit.
Ms. McKay's body was nude.
that led us to think that it could have been some type of sexual assault or
something of that case.
Sir, I think you'd want to take a look at this.
Five or six strands of blonde hair were located in her hand.
That could be the killer's hair.
She could have grabbed it while she was fighting back.
Is it possible Dana has the key to solving her own murder right in the palm
her hand?
This is great. We'll get this to the lab. We can get DNA from it.
What's that?
And on her back was a small piece of what turned out to be a blue latex
We've got a little break here.
Now, we can either get DNA or maybe even a fingerprint from the inside of the
glove.
On July 27, 2013, Dana McKay is found stabbed to death in her Virginia home.
As police continue to process the evidence,
her friends and family gather in Georgia to mourn her
tragic death.
Motorcycles and cars reached two and a half miles.
And people standing on the side of the roads, holding hands with candles lit.
The love that that town poured out to us was just overwhelming.
It was beautiful. It was sweet. So many people. People was lined up out the
door.
It was amazing.
The memorial service for Dana showed beyond what Dana meant to...
Calhoun, Georgia.
Investigators dig into Dana's past.
They learn that in July of 2012, Dana's life took an abrupt turn when she
started to experience headaches and dizziness.
Dana was having a lot of pain and just couldn't get out of bed, just pain.
Doctors eventually diagnose her with hydrocephalus.
That November, she undergoes brain surgery.
Three ventricles of her brain was full of spinal fluid.
They put a shunt in the right side of her temple.
It was very hard on her.
Due to her illness, Dana is forced to take a leave of absence from her
job. Dana, I made you some soup.
Dana, what's wrong?
Oh, let me help you. No, no.
No, no. Don't get up. Don't get up. I'm so sorry. I don't want to be a burden.
Honey, you're not a burden.
This isn't your fault.
John was helping Dana with her medicine, going to the pharmacy, and
he was helping around the house.
This isn't me. I can barely walk.
Even thinking hurts.
Honey, you just had surgery.
It's going to take time.
John really took the responsibility of being his wife, caregiver, and being in
the Army. It really did seem like he was doing his best to be a great husband.
Honey, I'm home.
And I got your favorite.
Pizza and medicine.
So romantic.
They were having a hard time with finances.
They had so many medical bills, so John got another job so that he could help.
To pay for all these bills when she wasn't working.
So?
Did you get the test results back?
I only want to hear good news.
He said there's still too much fluid.
I might have to have another surgery.
Oh, honey. I don't think I can do this anymore.
Hey.
I'll be okay.
We'll make it.
All right?
We always do.
I gotta go.
You just got here.
I picked up another shift.
I gotta keep working to stay ahead of the bills.
I'm so sorry.
Hey.
You worry about getting better.
Okay?
I got this.
She would talk about John just...
working all the time and not at home a lot because he couldn't work.
Seems like John did everything he could to take care of Dana.
Had two jobs to help with the medical bills. I spoke with his family, and he
definitely with his mom and his sister in upstate New York, not due back until
Monday. We were able to verify his alibi that he was gone.
Well, I got the initial results of the autopsy back. It's not at all what we
thought. The sexual assault kit came back as negative. There was no sexual
assault. Official cause of death, blunt head force trauma.
So all those lacerations were tear wounds.
Yep. What kind of weapon are we thinking?
Some kind of a club or a pipe, maybe.
Detectives continue to canvas Dana's neighborhood.
It goes down to a cul -de -sac.
You would think with the way the scene was, you would have heard someone
screaming.
They pay a visit to Dana's neighbor and friend, Heidi.
We're really sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
Dana was such a nice person. I can't believe this happened to her.
I can't believe this happened in our neighborhood.
We just had a couple of questions. Did you see anything abnormal last week? Was
there anybody hanging around that she didn't recognize?
No, no, nothing like that.
When was the last time you saw Dana?
I'm pretty sure it was Friday afternoon.
She came out to get her mail.
Now, was there anyone else in the neighborhood that she had any issues
Dana told me that she thought someone was stalking her.
Stalked? She said that someone was driving up and down in front of her
constantly.
Oh, really?
That sounds fun.
Oh.
Okay, tell him I said hi.
I know, I would love to.
You guys should come visit.
Hey, I gotta go.
She just told me how scared she was because somebody was...
following her, and she said it was the woman. Did you hear that car pull out?
What? No, no, I didn't. Honey, what's wrong? That woman's been stalking me.
keeps driving by our house and texting me, and John and I have had to see her
another five times. I'm so afraid of what she's going to do. I need to talk
your husband.
Oh, sweetie, he's on patrol.
She wanted to talk to my husband, who's a police officer. She was visibly
shaken, and I was very alarmed because I didn't know what was going on at the
time. You're bleeding. Are you okay?
Oh.
Um, can I use your bathroom? Yes.
Yes, of course you can.
And she was really scared.
I think maybe you should start there.
Who could be doing this to Dana?
Who would want to harass her in this way?
I love you,
too.
Not long after Dana McKay is found murdered inches from her bed, a neighbor
gives detectives their first lead.
Dana was being stalked.
And she seemed to know her identity.
Honey, what's wrong? I'm just so afraid of what she's going to do to me.
She just kept talking about how she's stalking her everywhere she goes and she
won't leave her alone.
And that's when I started thinking, well, what's going on? But then here
John.
Dana, are you all right? What happened?
She just drove by again.
This has to stop.
Are you sure it was her?
Um, yeah, I'm sure it was her.
I've already spoken to her. I don't know what else I can do.
Wait, you know this woman?
Say it.
Yeah.
It started in 2013.
Dana would have to take this medication at a certain time at night.
and it would make her go to sleep.
John knew that, so he got to where he wouldn't come home.
So it got Dana suspicious.
He was finding out little things here and there on his phone, and he was
on his laptop, and when she would get up, he would turn it off.
Hi.
How was the trip?
I'm sorry I couldn't be there.
know how much your grandma meant to you. Was the service nice?
Yeah.
So many people showed up and the flowers in the cemetery were just beautiful.
She would have loved them.
I'm really glad you're home.
Are you actually doing laundry?
Yeah.
I thought that, uh, you know, freshly laundered sheets would be nice after
trip.
Thanks, hon.
I can't wait to call into bed.
Do you want anything?
No, I'm cool. Thanks.
She got home from her grandmother's funeral, and there was things in the
refrigerator that doesn't belong.
What's this?
Oh, um... Well...
Those were on sale.
So I thought we'd give them a try.
It's not really my taste, but I thought you might like it.
That's your best line?
You thought I might like it?
John, you know I can't drink on my meds.
God, I knew something was up. You're always on your laptop and coming home
Now you're washing our sheets?
What do you think, I'm stupid? Dana, you're acting crazy. Don't lie to me!
Okay.
Okay. You're right.
Okay? You're right.
I'm sorry.
Life has been so hard for me lately.
You've been sick. I've got the stress of two jobs.
What do you expect?
Who is it?
Who is it?
Nicole.
We met at work.
Are you sleeping with her?
Of course you're sleeping with her.
Wait. Wait. Dana!
34 -year -old Nicole Houchen lives on base at Fort Eustis and is struggling in
her own marriage to specialist Mace Houchen.
Hey, babe.
Babe, what's up?
I heard from one of the wives that your unit might be transferred again.
NACE has served multiple tours of duty in Korea and Kuwait and may be deployed
again soon.
Yes.
There's a chance, but nothing's for sure yet.
I can't keep doing this.
Okay, you've been gone half of our marriage, and then the other half is
bouncing around from base to base. And don't even get me started about the
credit card bills.
Don't pack your bags yet.
They had financial problems.
Nath was out of town a lot, and she started to become lonely.
Nicole ended up taking on a part -time job at a car parts store.
John just happened to be working at the same car parts store with Nicole.
He must be the new hire.
Hi, I'm John. I'll be working nights with you. Nice to meet you, Nicole.
Pleasure.
Hey, I'm Greg.
Don't worry about John.
He may be a bit older than us, but he is a pretty cool guy.
Thanks, Craig. I appreciate it. Yeah, sure, man.
Inventory?
Oh, yeah.
So what made you get a job here?
Not many women I know are into auto parts.
Well, you will quickly learn that I am not like most women.
Apparently, they both enjoy working on vehicles.
So I think it started out as a friendship.
And they started texting each other and going to lunch, and things started to
get heated up between them.
That customer was such a jerk. It's not my fault that we're out of jumper
cables.
He just couldn't stand that you knew more about a battery than he did.
Oh, please. Why is it so difficult for guys to accept that maybe I just might
know a little bit about cars, huh?
What am I, too cocky? Yes.
Yes, you are.
I like that.
I like that a lot.
Come here.
We learned from several of the co -workers that Nicole and John had been
and they had been kissing.
I've been wanting to do that for a while.
Me too.
John had gotten really bold. They were going to hotels, doing lunch breaks.
And that's when things really started to evolve.
John even brings Nicole to the McKay home.
He had moved his girlfriend in with him for the week while Dana was out of town.
You've got a lot of energy for an old man.
Hey, I'm barely eight years older than you.
Come on.
I love teasing you.
You hold your own?
I do.
Don't I?
Babe, I don't want to hide anymore.
What about your wife?
It's over between us.
I'm asking for a divorce.
I want to be with you.
Really? Really. He told her what she wanted to hear, and she fell in love
him, and she wanted to be with him.
For Dana.
John's infidelity is the ultimate act of betrayal.
But she's still determined to make the marriage work.
Do you love her?
What? Do you love her?
Do you love her?
No.
I love you. You knew.
You knew how my first marriage ended. God, how could you?
I walked away once, but I am going to fight this time. And so, help me God,
better fight too.
She said I let some other woman have everything that I work for, but I'm not
leaving again.
If you want this marriage to work, then you will end it now and you will never
see her again. I want to.
Do you think you can trust me again?
John, look at all I gave up to come and be with you. My friends, my job, my
family. But if you don't make this marriage work, then I will go to your
commanding officer.
Leave us alone.
One month before Dana McKay's savage murder, she gives her cheating husband,
John, an ultimatum.
Break it off with Nicole Halchen or else.
If you don't make this marriage work, then I will go to your commanding
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dana.
She was extremely upset, but she was just that determined to make her
work. Dana, I want us, okay? I'll end it with her tonight, I promise.
You better.
Adultery is a very serious offense in the military, especially if you've been
as long as John has.
So it could have really damaged him in his career.
So John tells her, you know, I love you. I want to stay with you. Let's work
this out.
When John breaks the news to Nicole, she's completely blindsided.
Hey, how much time do they have before you have to go?
Dana knows.
What?
I just can't do this anymore.
I need to focus on my marriage.
Are you kidding? You just said you were going to ask her for a divorce.
I've been with her for four years.
I need to give it another shot. We're starting counseling next week. You are
even in love with her anymore. She is ruining your life. Why would you want to
stay with her?
You're an idiot.
You're an idiot.
Nicole could not imagine John not being in her life.
So...
She started becoming very frantic.
Blaming Dana for their breakup, Nicole goes after her rival with a vengeance.
Hello?
Hello?
Nicole, I know it's you. Okay, John's with me. Now leave us alone.
It's not something you would think the girlfriend would do to the wife. You
would think the wife would do that to the girlfriend, you know?
Nicole was harassing her, following her, riding by their house. She just
wouldn't let go. She wasn't going to let John go.
The barbecue's tomorrow at 5.
5? Yes. Okay.
She was just a mean person.
He would yell profanities at her.
Leave us alone!
John, what is she doing here?
I have no idea. No, you promised that you'd get rid of her. And I told her it
was over. I don't... Oh, look, she's texting me again.
Ever wonder why he doesn't pick up the phone when you call during lunch?
I do think then that you could only dream of.
Nicole was leaving her really mean messages and it made Dana feel uneasy.
John, this has to stop.
I know, but I don't know what else I can... No, make it stop or it's over.
What she put Dana through mentally was just horrible.
Police discovered Dana endured Nicole's harassment for the month leading up to
her death.
With a clearer picture of the love triangle between Dana, John, and Nicole,
investigator Shadricks heads to the auto parts store to speak with John's former
mistress.
You understand this is completely voluntary?
Yeah. What's going on?
John's wife was killed.
Oh, my God.
We understand that you and Dana may have had an issue.
Yeah.
A little bit?
A little.
Like maybe some threatening text messages?
Threatening text messages? No, no. I just had John's computer, and I wanted
give it back to him, so I texted her trying to make an exchange, and she was
like, no, that's not happening.
Are you and John still together?
Or is that done?
It's complicated.
She did confirm that they had had an affair and that it had been broken off
several weeks prior to that because John said he was going to go back to his
wife. Can you account for your weekend, where you've been?
Sure. I was with Greg on Friday.
Greg can vouch for you.
Yeah. She said on Friday night that she was with a friend, another co -worker
named Greg Crawford, and that they were going to go look at a motorcycle.
Greg Crawford was someone else working at the car parts store with John and
Nicole, and he had become pretty friendly with both of them.
She didn't do this.
No.
I'll be completely honest with you.
We found a handful of blonde hair similar to yours in Dana's hand.
It's not mine. Test it.
Nicole agrees to stop by the station and give a sample.
You willing to give me a couple of strands of hair?
All I'm asking you to do is just grab my handful the best you can and stick it
in this bag.
It's a blondish brown hair.
So we're thinking this could be a match to the strands of hair in Dana's hand.
The next morning, John McKay returns from upstate New York.
and meets with investigators.
John, did you have anything to do with this? No, sir.
Because you're aware, if you did, I will prove it.
Yes, sir, I understand.
I had an affair.
Right. I'm not smart.
I'm not that very smart. He tells them that he broke it off weeks ago, and it
was over.
I just don't see a lot of emotion.
You understand what I'm saying?
Yes, sir. We sit down with people, and there's usually a lot of emotion.
You know?
I can hold my emotion in check pretty well.
I don't know how you can do it when your wife's been murdered.
You know, you see how this looks, though? Yes, sir.
So the investigators asked John, do you think anybody would want to hurt Dana?
And he said, absolutely not. I don't know anyone that would want to do this
my wife.
She didn't share the fact that she was extremely scared of Nicole with you.
Terrified. No, um, not scared, no. At least not to me. I mean, she was
because, well, she's just sick. About an hour into the interview, there was a
knock at the door.
Yeah.
This better be good.
Oh, it is.
One of John's friends turned this in. It's his old cell phone. On the cell
was multiple text messages between John McKay and Nicole Alpson.
This was a big break in the case.
Investigators are questioning John McKay about his wife's violent murder when
they get an explosive clue.
Yeah.
This better be good. Oh, it is.
One of John's friends turned this in. It's his old cell phone.
And you'll never believe what we found on it. This is a phone that he had given
a friend to let his wife use.
I think he had forgotten about the phone.
There's an email account that hasn't been shut down yet.
So every time John and Nicole send a message to each other, this phone still
gets it. We have thousands of messages.
On the cell phone were multiple text messages and chats between John McKay
Nicole Halchen. What did they say?
We're still going through it, but one thing is clear.
They were plotting Dana's murder.
We got them both.
Good work.
These emails broke our case wide open.
Fine. Okay.
Okay.
What?
Emails, back and forth to people, email accounts.
We have the copies of all of them from your other phone.
You want me to read them to you? You want me to go get them and read them to
verbatim, what they say? From you and her?
You know, will the body be gone?
Are you going to kill me too?
Are we going to have sex?
admit to what happened here.
He just breaks down and he says, yes, they had talked about the only way that
they could be together was for Dana to be gone, but it was only a fantasy.
So they bring in John's mistress, Nicole Houchin, and confront her with the
incriminating emails.
She probably had the strongest motive to kill Dana.
fantasizing.
There's nothing wrong with fantasizing because I really wanted to be with him
but not do this for him.
But the messages show the plot was far from fantasy.
Even though she continues to deny any involvement, the emails are enough
evidence to arrest John McKay and Nicole Houchen.
They are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and first -degree murder.
It was hard to believe.
You don't want to believe that your son -in -law would do something like that to
your daughter when he seemed like he was such a nice guy.
Nicole Houchin and John McKay were both taken to jail, but the case was far from
being solved at that point.
When the lab results finally come back, there's no fingerprints or DNA on the
blue latex glove.
But even more shocking, the hair found in Dana's hand does not match Nicole's.
The hair in Dana's hand was actually her own. She had her hands up.
Somehow it got down that it got into her hand and she was trying to protect
herself. It was very aggravating that we had no DNA linking Ms. Houchin to the
homicide. There's something you are not telling.
There is a piece that's missing right now.
Being that John was out of town when the homicide occurred, we believed Nicole
would have had some type of help in committing the homicide.
Nearly two months after Dana's death, a witness comes forward with a bombshell.
I know who killed Dana McKay.
Really? Who would that be?
Nace Houchin.
Nace Houchin. Nicole's husband?
Yeah. How do you know Nace?
He's my boyfriend.
I guess I should say he was my boyfriend. Wait a minute. So you were
while his wife Nicole was dating John?
Yeah.
Now, why would Nate get involved with killing Dana?
John said he'd give him 20 grand.
So Nicole, Nate, and Greg Crawford all went over there and... Wait a second.
Greg Crawford?
From the auto parts store?
Yeah. Huh.
Where have you been?
Traffic. Sorry.
It's 20 Gs, Nate. Please, keep your head in the game.
Sorry. Okay.
John thought this whole thing through.
John didn't think he could get out of his marriage.
Dana wasn't going to give him a divorce.
She was going to ruin his career. He wanted to be with Nicole and make $20
to $20 ,000 that John had promised him that he was going to get.
Greg Crawford also was promised the money. He was promised $20 ,000.
He said that we need to wear gloves.
We have some gloves here at the store.
John said that we need to enter the house through the garage in the back,
then Dana's bedroom is the first one on the right.
But you already knew that, didn't you, Nicole?
Focus, Mace. Come on.
Do not leave anything behind.
Don't be idiot.
Got it.
Go do this, man. I need this money.
Does anybody else know what you know?
Is there any evidence or anything that you can give me?
I found a note in his car.
When police follow up on Trisha's lead, they find a confession letter in Mace's
car.
Hi, Mace.
Took it upon myself, with some help from John McKay, to end his wife, Dana
McKay's life.
Nace Houghton and Gregory Crawford are charged with conspiracy to commit murder
and first -degree murder.
According to Nace's confession, on the night of July 26, 2013,
Nicole, Nace, and Greg followed John's instructions.
on how to get inside the home.
Mace pulls out a breaker bar, a long automotive
tool. and heads for Dana's room.
John?
Somewhere between 15 and 25 times, he hit her.
Is he dead yet?
I don't know.
But she will be.
Finish her.
He went back and did the last blow to Dana.
It's horrible what they did. I mean, she didn't have a chance.
In May 2015,
John McKay, Nicole Houchen, and Nace Houchen plead guilty to first -degree
murder. John is sentenced to 28 years, Nicole 23 years,
and Nace 40 years.
John and Nicole and Nace were living a double life.
Their actions all attributed to the death of Dana McKay.
I view Nicole and Nate as sociopaths because there was no emotion at all in
this. Gregory Crawford pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit capital murder.
He receives a sentence of 17 years.
I lost my best friend.
Dana didn't deserve what happened to her.
My daughter was my life.
I miss her phone calls.
Hey, Mom, what are you doing?
I miss that.
I just miss my daughter.
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