“The problem is, we don’t even know where she is” or, worse, what pimp and/or drug dealer she was now beholden to. In a November 2017 phone call, Tess was hopped up on crystal meth, Patricia believed, and paranoid that “gang stalkers” were trying to kill her. As she walked down the streets of Las Vegas, she thought people in passing cars were flashing their lights at her. She thought strangers were shouting her son’s name. “All Tess has to do is tell us where she is, and the treatment people will come and pick her up.”
