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This week, picture this: A mother sees a name on her daughter's call log: Sandy Merriman. Assumes it's a friend named "Sandy." Calls back.

Discovers it's an emergency homeless shelter for women.

Her daughter has been living there.

Not a hypothetical. It happened.

This week's feature story is my reaction to episode one of Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff—a new six-part docuseries about the case that inspired Crowdwits itself.

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Original Article: https://www.crowdwits.com/p/when-your-daughter-s-friend-turns-out-to-be-the-name-of-a-homeless-shelter