She sounded like somebody who would be capable of taking care of Melissa. I didn’t like the idea of not meeting her, but that’s just the way it happened. … I think of all the...

She said that she had a nice big house, had a big back yard and other children to watch. I said that sounds really good, because Melissa loves to play outside.

That baby was all I had. That was my world. When my world was taken away, I was crushed.

When they brought her name up, I said I’m not going to talk about it. It hurts. It hurts so much. I didn’t put her photo in a frame where I could see it. I...