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I’m Deputy Carl Hayford, and these are the events of August 28th. The full story, all of it, including what I couldn’t put in my official statement. It was a slow night. All of the patients were nice and cozy in their rooms, locked behind reinforced doors and windows that looked out into the shared hallway. The smell of antiseptic cleaner and bleach still lingered from the maintenance crew’s weekly scrubbing. It didn’t bother me ...
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