In the middle of the night, a young girl called the police because her parents wouldn’t wake up—and what officers found at the house stunned everyone.

But something didn’t sit right with the officers.

The main gas valve was wide open—far more than it should have been. And inside the bedroom, the ventilation duct had been deliberately blocked with a towel, wedged tightly from the inside.

Morales looked at his partner, his expression dark.

— This wasn’t an accident.

The ambulance drove off with the parents still unconscious. Sofia was temporarily taken into the custody of the officers, sitting in the back seat of the patrol car, as the sky began to clear slightly.