Missed Chances & the Coal Bunker: Sonia Forsythe
Emily G. Thompson • 19th October 2024
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Amy Robinson was a young woman with mental disabilities. In 1998, she was abducted & murdered in her hometown of Arlington, Texas, by two men she believed were her friends.