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“I really liked it and then Summer got gone,” [CB] said of the family’s scenic mountain views. “Now, it’s just not pretty anymore.”
[CB], who grew up in Wisconsin, and [DW], who is from Utah, met in Fayetteville, Arkansas, before moving to Tennessee in 2009. [CB] talked about the family background in an interview with the Review July 18.
“I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and the only reason why I ended up being raised in Wisconsin was because I was born with a hole between my heart in the four chambers and they flew me up to Minnesota,” [CB] said.
“That’s why all our family ended up residing up there. But my mom is from Wisconsin. I left there when I was like 19. I jumped on the carnival in Pine City, Minnesota right across the river,” [CB] said.
“Actually, I was on the carnival circuit for a long bit. So, I’ve been to different states and stuff. My mom, she was managing a hotel in Arkansas when I ended up in St. Louis and I got stranded there. So, she came and got me and I moved me to Arkansas with her,” she said.
“And then I met [DW’s] other family – his step-daughters and stuff like that – and then I met him through his step-daughters. Then we just got together,” [CB] said.
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“I was hoping Summer was going to get to go to that school for her first year,” [CB] said about Keplar Elementary, where her boys had attended until it closed for good, along with McPheeter’s Bend Elementary at the end of the 2020-21 school year. “I love that school. They were all so nice to the kids and me.”
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“The only outfit that I had was her brand-new one we got for her to go to kindergarten,” [CB] said. “It was a suit, of course, pants and a sweater. I got it probably about a week before. It was still in Mom’s truck. It was the only change of clothes because we did not plan to go swimming that day.
“So, I just figured we’ll change her out and put her in these. That way she’ll be warm. She won’t freeze to death on the way home,” [CB] said.
Sometime after that, the child was reported missing to police, neighbors, friends and family. The impact was felt by many, including Summer’s Uncle [B.], Grandmother [CH’s] brother-in-law.
“The day he found out Summer went missing, he had to go into the hospital because he had a heart attack,” [CB] said. “Summer used to call him ‘Uncle Boobie.’ She couldn’t say [B.], so she said ‘Boobie.’”
Grandmother [CH] left Tennessee July 18 to be with her sister [L], whose husband, , was recently re-hospitalized.
“He had to go back in because they had to put a pacemaker and stuff like that in there. He quit smoking because he’s on oxygen. Aunt [L] called and said she needed her help because he’s getting too far. He can’t even lift up nothing or move his fingers hardly anymore. So, she had to go. My Aunt [L] is like 70, so they’re up there in age,” [CB] said.
Grandmother [CH] splits time between Tennessee and Wisconsin anyway, [CB] said.
“She’s been down here off and on for about four years. She goes back up north because she’s got grandkids up there, too. So, six months, nine months, she goes back. She leaves her camper here. She wasn’t supposed to leave actually until September, but she had to go up there and help her. Her doctor’s appointment is up there in October. Right after her doctor’s appointment, she’ll be back,” [CB] said.
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