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Barnes said that the 11-year-old boy was believed to have been the only child who lived in the trailer and nothing suggested Child Protective Services had been involved.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Five pistol shots pop like firecrackers in the small kitchen as Hollis watches her only child slump to the floor, his blood pooling on the white tile.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Born an only child in Pasadena, California, in 1947, Butler grew up poor, raised by her mother and grandmother.
—Stephen Kearse, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Kevin, the media personality’s only child, graduated from the university’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Five pistol shots pop like firecrackers in the small kitchen as Hollis watches her only child slump to the floor, his blood pooling on the white tile.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Born an only child in Pasadena, California, in 1947, Butler grew up poor, raised by her mother and grandmother.
—Stephen Kearse, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Kevin, the media personality’s only child, graduated from the university’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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