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American Mom’s Move to ‘Humble Shangri-La’ Ended in Murder

‘LIGHT OF OUR LIFE’

Francesca Williams and her family left Colorado to start a farm in rural Ecuador. Then bandits showed up.

Tracy Connor
Tracy Connor
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