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A Mother Gets a Bad Feeling About a Couple in the Checkout Line. Suddenly, She Hears Someone Say, “Bye, Mommy.”

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While standing at the checkout line at a grocery store, a single mother is approached by a couple who seem unusually interested in her 2-year-old daughter. At first, she thinks they are just being friendly. Before long, she realizes that something sinister is going on.

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Sammy is a single mother of a 2-year-old girl. One day, she went grocery shopping with her daughter like normal. They were just running the normal errands and picking up standard household items. While Sammy did not realize it, her normal grocery shopping was about to take a darker turn.

- Insert a picture of Sammy and her daughter.

After making a quick trip to the store, Sammy had everything that she needed
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The woman still would not let go of the little girl. By this point, the cashier had noticed that something was going on. He turned to the woman and shouted, “Hey, what do you think are you doing?” Noticing that they were drawing a crowd, the couple let go of the daughter. They turned and walked out of the store without even buying their items.

As the couple walked away, Sammy noticed that a different stranger had been watching her. Before she thought about it, the cashier began to talk to Sammy. His name was Cameron. He asked her to describe what happened and how the couple had acted. As Sammy relayed the story, Cameron realized that it was a possible abduction attempt. There had been warnings on the news about kidnappings and human trafficking. It sounded like the strange couple could have been a part of that ring.

After listening to her story, the cashier told Sammy to call the police. He wanted to do more, but he had to finish his shift and was the only cashier at the grocery store. Overwhelmed, Sammy nodded vacantly.

- Insert security footage of a man leaving the

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