What lies in the dark
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Last published Sun, Mar 25, 2018
What happened to Cara Henson?
Her teachers say she was an amazing student.
Her friends would always say how sweet and caring she was.
Her parents thought she was the perfect daughter.
Her boyfriend Spencer says she was one of a kind.
Yet only he and her best friend knows what happened that night We can't help but wonder what lies in the darkness?
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