The story was simple. Perhaps, a little too simple.

Rebecca says she pulled into the parking lot of the sports store with her 7 month old son, Emmanuel.

She went to get him from the back but a creepy man walked up to her, said “hola,” knocked her out, and stole her son.

A tragic situation. But what if it never even happened?

There are so many questions that don’t make sense if her story is true -

Rebecca claims she didn’t see the man at all before he knocked her out. She says he came up from behind her. But how did she get punched in the middle of her face where she now has a black eye if he came up behind her?

Also if her black eye is from the kidnapper punching her in the face - why are there reports that family members saw her with a black eye weeks before the abduction?

How come she keeps using past tense when referring to her son?

And why did she making missing child flyers in an effort to find her son but disconnect her phone so that no tips/sightings would actually go through?

But most intriguing - how come nobody saw her with a baby that day? The day she claims her baby was abducted?

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Ikbal's mother has been trying to get in contact with her daughter for over an hour at this point. Ikbal had been dealing with a stalker for a few years and her family were frantic.

One more try.

Ikbal’s mother dials for her daughter.

Click.

Someone picks up the phone, but the response is not from a 19 yo teenage daughter. It’s a low, quiet voice; her stalker is on the other end. He says 15 words and hangs up.

“Don’t worry. Your daughter is in good hands. The girl is sleeping in peace now…”

A little later, the same day, a video goes viral on Turkish social media - specifically Discord.

A woman screams ‘Ikbal’ as she’s held back by a crowd of people. Clear as day in front of her, in the middle of a busy street is her daughter’s decapitated head.

A second video goes viral.

A boy, 19 yo as well, jumps from the edge of a building with a rope around his neck.

October 4, 2024 three 19 year olds die in the same city. Their deaths all connected and viral on Discord.

Until it goes dark.

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It will be their first time seeing each other in 20+ years. The last time they saw each other was when they broke up after college. Now, so much has changed.

He’s gotten out of prison for killing his childhood abuser. She’s started her own business and moved on with her life. Maybe this is a bad idea. Maybe they have nothing in common anymore. Maybe it’s a college fling and they should leave it alone.

After all, they never even said a word to each other for 25 years.

But when they see each other for the first time in that coffee shop. They’re back to college again.

She looks down and notices a briefcase.

“Do you bring a briefcase to all your dates?”

He chuckles because inside that suitcase is proof. Proof that for the past 20 years he has never stopped thinking about her.

Support Clark and his story: "Scarred" by Clark Fredericks https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Scarred/Clark-Fredericks/9781668018651

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