Shirley Mae Slope was a 12-year-old girl whose final days unfolded on the road, far from anything that looked like a safe childhood. In early February 2016, she was traveling with her mother, Marilyn Elizabeth Slope, and two acquaintances on a long drive from Louisiana toward Ohio, while already ill and living in a precarious situation back home.
As the miles passed, the warnings didn’t stop with her discomfort. Reports later described Shirley as suffering from juvenile diabetes, yet n
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