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KAREN WAS JUST TWO YEARS OLD WHEN BOTH OF HER PARENTS WERE SENT TO PRISON. NOW, SHE’S LEFT ON HER OWN TO CONFRONT THE STIGMA OF BEING THE DAUGHTER OF MURDERERS. By Barbara Harvey | Photos by Emily K. Rabasto
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aren Reay sat quietly in the back of her high school class, staring in disbelief at a page of search results. She had finally worked up the courage to Google her parents’ names, something she had dreaded for most of her life. While she had been suspicious of what she would find, it didn’t detract from the shock and horror she felt after discovering the dark secret her guardians had tried to shield her from: Her parents are murderers. 21 DAM!