At 9:30 p.m., a 911 call came in—no voice, just silence. Officer responded to find 8-year-old Mateo, barefoot and holding a phone. “I’m hungry,” he said. He and his little sister hadn’t eaten all day. Their mother, working late at a diner, had left no food that night. The fridge was empty. Mateo had put his sister to bed without...
