{"id":25148,"date":"2025-08-04T22:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25148"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:52:26","slug":"25148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25148","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, a small crowd had gathered, drawn by the commotion and the presence of mall security. Parents with children tugged at their sides, watching with a mix of curiosity and concern. Yet, despite our best efforts, not a single face in the crowd turned with recognition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity\u2019s on the phone with the police,\u201d the mall cop informed me. \u201cThey\u2019re sending someone over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded, grateful for the backup, yet unease gnawed at me. This was a scene out of a strange film, with an ending that remained frustratingly out of reach. The boy seemed calm now, the tears abating as he leaned into me, weary from his ordeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25150\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23467\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1.jpeg 905w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/340C4489-16D4-4656-9B02-A344BA7D4DAB-1-768x191.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, a small crowd had gathered, drawn by the commotion and the presence of mall security. Parents with children tugged at their sides, watching with a mix of curiosity and concern. Yet, despite our best efforts, not a single face in the crowd turned with recognition. \u201cSecurity\u2019s on the phone with the police,\u201d the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=25148\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25155,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25148\/revisions\/25155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}