GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Days after her 30th birthday, Jessica Brewer and her son moved to Greensboro from Philadelphia.

“Back home, everything is so violent, everybody’s so standoffish,” she said. “I just wanted to show him that it’s not like that in the world all over.”

Tragically, the want to remove her son from the violence she experienced as a child led to a multi-year need for the answer to who took him from their new life.

“He called and said, ‘Mom, can I stay after school for an hour to play basketball with my friends?’ My gut feeling told me to say no,” she said.

It was September 20, 2021. Her son, Basil Wilson, was a 14-year-old freshman at Dudley High School. Knowing he would soon be seeking expanded freedom as he grew into a young man, she reluctantly agreed to letting him delay

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