The Plot Thickens
While no child is unloved by its parents, the Great Depression wasn’t kind to many couples and forced them to take drastic measures. We can’t speculate exactly why Freda and Walter Roth left their baby at the mercy of the desert, but D’Anna had a hunch: Elliot was born out of wedlock.
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Freda and Walter were married only four months before Elliot was born; perhaps they did so to legitimize their union. But circumstances still pushed them to leave their baby to fend for herself. But if D’Anna’s speculations were true, how did Elliot end up in Arizona when the Roths were from Iowa?