Back From The Blaze

Investigators told Luz Cuevas her baby was lost in a fire. She never gave up hope, and it paid off

Six years ago, Luz Cuevas heard an explosion upstairs in her house and ran into her 10-day-old daughter's bedroom. The baby had vanished. Cuevas looked up and noticed the window was open, which struck her as odd on a cold winter night. Before she could make sense of the empty crib, she noticed a small fire that quickly engulfed the whole bedroom. Investigators determined that it swallowed the remains of the infant as well.

Cuevas never believed it had. But how does a mother convince her relatives that she's right when all they can hear is her grief? "We thought...

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