You hear the shovel hit metal - do you open the locked box?

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You hear the shovel hit metal - do you open the locked box?

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A county surveyor finds a locked metal box at a backyard edge tied to a nearby retiree - what would you do?

You hear the shovel hit metal - do you open the locked box?

In this episode, we follow the day a routine boundary survey unearths a sealed box and the tangled five-month path that led there. The story maps how a sobriety companion entered a retired occupational therapist's life and the choices that quietly changed her routines, access, and legal authority - what happened next?

Person: Patricia Rogers
Age: 63
Location: Heron Falls, Indiana
Event: Surveyor finds locked metal box with $4,200 and prescription bottle
Person: Carl Thompson

- March: Patricia completes a 28-day residential program and is referred to a sobriety companion named Carl Thompson.
- First visit: Carl's truck breaks down in Patricia's driveway; he stays three hours and begins driving her places within two weeks.
- June-July: Patricia's long-standing Thursday visits from friend Donna Pratt become irregular and then stop entirely.
- July 15: Patricia signs a durable power of attorney drafted by a notary Carl brought to her house, granting Carl authority over her affairs.
- August 3, 8:47 AM: County surveyor Alan Jensen digs up a locked steel box at Patricia's property line containing $4,200 cash and an alprazolam prescription bottle labeled for Patricia.

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