36: 8-Year-Old Abducted From School | The Kidnapping of Tori Stafford

April 8th, 2009 started out like any other school day for 8 year old Tori Stafford. She left class excited for a movie night with friends, wearing butterfly earrings she had secretly borrowed from her mom, and began the short two block walk home. But Tori never made it back. Within hours, a quiet town in Ontario was thrown into panic. Then came the surveillance footage. Grainy video showing Tori calmly walking beside an unidentified figure in a white jacket. No screaming. No struggle. Just a little girl disappearing in broad daylight. As the search intensified, suspicion turned toward Tori’s own mother, rumors exploded across the media, and investigators uncovered a world filled with addiction, manipulation, disturbing fantasies, and two predators hiding behind lies…
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