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But that hope got shattered on Sunday, September 8th of 1991. That is a weekend where Patty is at her
dad's house for a [music] visit and there's this knock on the door. And the moment that she sees police standing
outside, she said this wave of dread just washed over her. >> So instead of answering it herself, she
like runs to wake up her dad and his girlfriend from a nap. And after Don talks to the officers for a few minutes,
he comes into Patty's room and basically tells her they found your mom. And then
he turns around and goes back to his bedroom. >> That's it. >> That's it. That's all he told her.
>> No explanations, no comfort. I mean, nothing. >> He doesn't even tell her that the only
thing recovered was Linda's skull. Patty actually has to learn that from her cousin who picks her up and brings her
to Aunt Fran and Uncle Sam's house [music] where there like for the first time she hears the full story [music]
and she is angry because in her mind she knows exactly why Dawn left out the detail about where her mother was found.
You see, Kasa Gallardo isn't just some [music] random restaurant. It is like Dawn's second home. Patty told us that
he went there five nights a week. He knew all of the staff. They literally had a hat rack set up for him with his
name on it. And Patty spent much of her childhood there, like looked after by bartenders while her dad drank just a
few feet away. And get this, police learn that Dawn was at the restaurant on the same exact day that Linda Skull was
found. But he denies having anything to do with her death. He tells reporters that someone might be just trying to
frame him, that whoever left the school there must have known that he was a regular. And he maintains that Linda
just left with someone else and that whatever happened to her happened to her after that and it wasn't his

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Brief Summary

Patty learns of her mother's death and her father's troubling behavior surrounding the case.

Key points

A Shattering Moment. Patty learns devastating news about her mother from police, leaving her in shock.
The Unforgivable Detail. Patty discovers the truth about her mother's remains from a cousin, not her father.
Dawn's Alibi. Dawn claims innocence despite being a regular at the restaurant where Linda's skull was found.

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But that hope got shattered on Sunday.

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