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On a cold winter night, when a snowstorm rages and a barefoot man in thin clothing ventures out, there are only two common outcomes: either hurry back to their warm home or freeze to death in the snow. However, in this story, there is an American man, Larry Erie Murillo Moncada, who chooses the third way.
No one knows if Larry is alive or dead, and for a decade police and his family have been looking for him in different places but have found nothing. The man quietly disappeared, as if erasing traces from the earth.
The mystery is set in the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, a once-thriving third-tier city. However, as industry declined, the economy declined, unemployment rose, many companies closed, and the city's luster faded.
In January 2019, a building in the city that was once home to a supermarket called No Frills was undergoing partial demolition and internal cleanup. The supermarket was once one of the largest in the city, but it could not escape the changes of the times and eventually closed in 2016.
A terrible thing happened as workers orderly dismantled discarded supermarket equipment and furnishings as a worker prepared to move a huge freezer. They found something blocking the gap between the freezer and the wall. Due to the lack of light at the time, the workers could not see clearly, so it was decided to check after moving the freezer. However, they did not expect that behind the freezer there was no object, but a corpse!
The body had decomposed into white bones, and the clothes on the body were covered in dust, a clear indication that the body had been here for many years. The workers panicked and quickly called the local police station.
The police department's sergeant, Brandon Danielson, took over the case. As a police officer who has been with the city for many years, he is very knowledgeable about many cases. Through a keyword search, he focused his attention on the disappearance 10 years ago, and the protagonist was none other than Larry Ely Murillo Moncada, a Hispanic man who was only 25 years old and a former No Frills employee.
Upon seeing the bone-only body, Brandon decided to go to Larry's home and ask Larry's parents to undergo a DNA test. The news was good news or bad news for Larry's parents, who had mixed feelings inside. Years of searching have exhausted them, and perhaps it's time to get to the truth.
Soon, DNA test results came in, confirming that the body was Larry, who had been missing for 10 years. Looking at their son, who had decayed into white bones, the couple covered their faces and cried sadly. Anna's thoughts returned to 10 years ago, the day that was destined to be the beginning of her nightmare.
Larry was born in 1984 as a college graduate, but after graduation due to the economic downturn, he could not find a job that matched his education. As a result, he could only do some manual labor and eventually became an employee at No Frills' supermarket, loading and unloading goods.
This life left Larry depressed, and his heart gradually filled with dark emotions. By 2009, Larry began hallucinating, often feeling a voice whispering in his ear that he couldn't get rid of no matter how hard he tried. Larry also felt that someone had been plotting to kill him, was wary of everything around him, and was in a state of extreme tension all day.
Larry's parents, concerned about his condition, took him to the doctor. Doctors diagnosed him with severe anxiety disorder, which caused him to hallucinate. Doctors prescribed medication to stabilize his mental state, but Larry did not get much better after taking the medication. He told Anna that he heard a voice saying all the time: "Eat sugar".
Larry's heart was beating so fast that it seemed to jump out of his chest, and he felt that eating sugar might make him feel better and reduce the burden on his heart. November 28, 2009, which coincided with Thanksgiving Day in the West, was also the day the tragedy of Larry began.
During that day, it was supposed to be a day for the family to gather for dinner, but Larry had a fierce argument with his parents because of anxiety. he
When I ran away from home, I wore only a pair of blue trousers and a top, and I didn't even wear shoes, which made me look very thin. The city of Busel Bluffs was experiencing a rare snowstorm at the time, but during the altercation, the parents were unaware of Larry's danger. When they came to their senses, they realized that Larry didn't have his cell phone and car keys with him, and he wasn't in the garage.
Anna and Victor were anxious because they understood that it would not be easy for Larry to go anywhere on that icy night. That night, they called the police, hoping to find their son's whereabouts as soon as possible. But their fears had only two possible outcomes: Larry would either be alive or freeze to death on a cold winter night.
However, days passed, and they received no news about Larry, and he disappeared. Police used the traditional search method, first confirming that Larry was not scheduled for work that day, thus ruling out the possibility that he went to the supermarket. Police then visited Larry's friends and relatives, but did not obtain any valuable leads.
In the end, they tried to start with immigration records and hotel check-in, but since Larry wasn't carrying any personal belongings, it didn't lead to any breakthroughs. In fact, it was as if he had disappeared in an instant, as if evaporating from the earth.
Over time, Larry's case faded from public view, and few people except his parents remembered a young man missing. However, the people in this city could hardly imagine that the missing young man had actually been under their noses.
After the unfortunate incident on the freezer, the police began an in-depth investigation into the case. They learned that No Frills employees had a small habit of climbing on top of the freezer when they were lazy, because there were often boxes stacked to hide them. Even more disturbing is the 45cm gap between the freezer and the wall, making it difficult for a larger person like Larry to move even if he falls in.
The police speculation began to be reconstructed: Larry had left home to where he had worked
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