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ONE NIGHT WHILE SETTING IN MY BEDROOM WATCHING TV, WITH MY TWO YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER THE FRONT DOOR OPENED AND WHOEVER CAME IN SLAMMED
DOOR REALLY HARD.THINKING IT WAS MY HUSBAND I CONTINUED WATCHING ,
TV.A FEW MINUTES LATER I HEARD HIM SAY EBBIE (MY DAUGHTER'S NAME)
COME TO DADDY. AS SOON AS SHE HEARD HIS VOICE SHE TOOK OFF RUNNING,
SHE CALLED OUT...DADDY,DADDY BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. I GOT ANGRY
BECAUSE HE DID NOT ANSWER AND CALLED OUT TO HIM MYSELF.
STILL NO REPLY.
MY DAUGHTER CAME BACK UPSTAIRS LOOKING VERY STRANGE. SO I DECIDED
I WOULD GO DOWNSTAIRS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT NO ONE WAS
THERE, NO CAR IN THE DRIVE, NOTHING.ABOUT 10 P.M MY HUSBAND CAME IN
AND I ASKED HIM WHY DID HE CALL EBONI AND THEN NOT ANSWER HER, HE,
REPLIED "I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME TODAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
BEEN HERE."SO IF HE WAS NOT THE ONE WHO CALLED MY DAUGHTER THEN WHO
DID? IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 06-00-1978

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