Mike Hixenbaugh is a senior investigative reporter for NBC News, based in Houston.
This article is adapted from “Grapevine,” a six-part NBC News podcast about faith and power — and what it means to protect children — in an American suburb.
Texas — High school teacher Em Ramser felt her stomach drop when she noticed an empty seat in her second-period English class one morning in January 2021. “You know you get that sudden feeling,” she said, “where you know something is really wrong?” The missing 14-year-old student reminded Ramser of herself when she was that age — unhappy to be at school most days and wrestling with her identity.
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