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It's mid-afternoon on May 4th, 2007, when mom Patricia gets a call from her daughter's boyfriend, Jeff Stogner.
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>> [music] >> And that alone is kind of strange because Patricia's not exactly Jeff's
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biggest fan. So, they've never been like on casual calling terms. But, she answers anyway to a concerned Jeff
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asking, "Have you heard from Britney?" And Patricia's like, "What do you mean have I heard from her? She's supposed to
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be staying with you." But, he's saying that he left early that morning to pick up his grandma a couple of hours away.
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And every time he tried to reach Britney, she hadn't been picking up her cell. Whatever is happening feels wrong
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to Patricia. [music] So, they hang up and she tries Britney's cell over and over, but she's not answering for mom
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either. So, she ends up calling Jeff back. And as she does, it sounds like he's pulling up to his house. And he
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gives her the last moment of relief she may ever have cuz he says, "Never mind. Her truck is still outside the house.
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She must just be sleeping really hard." >> And this is at what time? This is like
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3:30 in the afternoon. >> Oh. But, Britney just had worked an overnight shift at the Lowe's
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distribution center. So, like normally when she gets off sometime before like 5:00 a.m., she would like go home,
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shower, sleep, maybe see Jeff later. But, this day was different. So, instead of going home first, she went straight
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to Jeff so that they could hang out a little bit before he had to go pick up his grandma. So, it seems like it would
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be normal for her to like sleep in. So, Yeah, she worked overnight. >> I guess why is he calling her mom so
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soon then? Well, so yes, normal for her to sleep in because she could have used the extra sleep, but she rarely got it.
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So, in addition to her overnight job, she also had one at this place called Alco, which is a discount store. And she
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was doing both jobs cuz she planned to save up money for nursing school. So, again, could have used the sleep, but it
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was pretty unlike her to be asleep like that all day, which it seems is maybe what made Jeff concerned enough to call
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her mom to begin with. And it turns out he had every right to be concerned. Because when Jeff walks into his
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bedroom, Britney is still in his bed where he says he left her. But, she is not sleeping.