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A boy smiles at his mother.

Dexter Menyfield, 15, right, talks to his mom, Tanya Austin, while waiting for an Uber outside a motel where they were staying. “He doesn’t have to go through this,” Austin said. “This 15-year-old, he needs his own space.” Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org