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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
National
Peter Nickeas

A July afternoon in the Manor, where friendships as close as family grow, then: 'Munchie, Munchie, hold on'

CHICAGO _ Kayla Anthony and her younger sister Kayia paced outside their home in the afternoon sun. The girls' mother sat nearby on their stoop.

Yellow and red police tape hung from cars and trees, and fluttered in a warm breeze.

Kayla leaned against a car, checking her phone. She stepped from the car toward her mother, holding back tears.

Her mother opened her arms. Kayla stepped into the hug, and her mother pulled her close.

"He didn't make it," Kayla said.

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