A Mother’s Guilt
Though Leslie Dunbar had won custody of the boy she’d claimed was her son, she still had her doubts about whether the child she took home was really Bobby. As a mother, she probably felt guilt. “I think she had to have, on some level, known,” said Margaret. “And maybe she didn’t. I don’t know. I think maybe she was in denial her entire life.
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“From everything I’ve heard, she truly believed that this was her son, Bobby. But I can’t help but wonder if maybe, underneath, where you go and can’t talk about, she must have known that this was not her son that she birthed.” And as ‘Bobby’ grew older, there was sufficient reason to believe that he too, knew that he was not Bobby.