Foreword by Jon Dorenbos

I grew up in a “Brady Bunch” kind of family. My mom volunteered at the school, and my dad was the president of the little league and a consultant for Microsoft . But life as I knew it would change drastically as I carpooled with the Harper family to a baseball camp on August 3, 1992. At lunchtime Coach Bill Stubbs told me I had to leave due a “family emergency.” The Harpers were there to pick me up and escort me to the police station. Officer Childs was at the station, waiting. He was the D.A.R.E. officer at my elementary school, and I overheard him say, “I know Jon; I want to be the one to tell him; I know him, and I knew his mom.” He walked over to me with his eyes watering and head slightly looking downward. As he ...

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