Sometimes, you see a phone call coming in and you just knowthat something bad has happened.

I remember back several years ago, when my dad was stillalive. He was in pretty poor health. He could still walk around, sort of, butit was with a walker, and it was very slowly. I’m the oldest of three sons, andof the three, I live the closest. It’s only about a 5 or 6 minute drive for meto get to my parents’ place, so if something happened, I’d be the one to getthat call. Lots of times my phone would ring, and it would be my mom calling,quite upset and worried, because my dad had fallen and she couldn’t get him up.

And you know, when a call comes in the middle of the night,it’s almost never going to be good news. We’ve had a few of those as well.

For my guest today, Bill, life was good. He and his wife hadtwo children – David, in high school, and Kristin, who had just graduated fromcollege and was about to start a career.

But then, Bill got a phone call. It was from a woman whoidentified herself as a police detective. And she was calling with news aboutBill’s daughter.

Bill told this story on the podcast a little over 3 yearsago, and it’s one of the episodes that had a big impact on people. Some of theelements of this story are just incredible. And you’ll also hear a recentconversation I had with Bill, about what’s happened since then.

If you’d like to contact Bill, you can do that through hiswebsite:

https://www.whendatinghurts.com/

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