The Skeleton Key Chronicles

14 hours ago

What began as a normal workday for a crew from Camelback Moving ended up leading to the rescue of an Arizona three-year-old.

It began on Friday when little Kehlani Rogers was taken from her Avondale home, and an alert went out across the state. Police quickly identified 23-year-old Marina Noriega as the individual responsible.

As officers worked to track her movements over the weekend, a security guard at a Phoenix gas station recognized the vehicle tied to the alert. Several crews from Camelback Moving was there on a job, and at the guard’s request, they positioned their trucks to block the suspect’s car from leaving until authorities arrived.

Police responded directly to the scene where Kehlani was recovered safely, and Noriega was taken into custody shortly after.

In the end, the break in the case did not come from a patrol unit or surveillance footage. It came from a security guard who recognized what he was seeing and a moving crew that stepped in to help.

Proof that sometimes all it takes is someone recognizing what they’re seeing and deciding to act.

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The Skeleton Key Chronicles

20 hours ago

For years, Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe mostly sat in the background of the larger federal case tied to its owner (who for the sake of not getting throttled we’ll call J.E.). The ranch was mentioned in court records and reporting, but until recently few people had ever heard of it, myself included. Lately though, it’s been the subject of renewed attention.

New Mexico authorities are once again pushing for Zorro Ranch to be formally examined, largely because it was supposed to happen years ago. If you go back to the civil proceedings, you’ll find where allegations surfaced involving two girls being buried on the property.

At that time, state officials discussed conducting a search of the property. However, federal authorities stepped in and said they would handle the investigation, but to this day there has never been a comprehensive search of the ranch.

Now, some of the emails tied to what went on there are getting attention. In one exchange, there’s a reference to Angel’s Trumpet, sometimes called the “zombie flower,” growing in the nursery. Another 2015 message even included a subject line about the plant and used the phrase “ELIMINATES free will,” and that wasn’t the only reference to the plant, there were more.

And while people are combing through emails, construction has been underway at the ranch. The 75,000-acre property is now owned by Don Huffines and was renamed San Rafael Ranch. Huffines has said he plans to convert it into a Christian retreat.

Just last week, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez moved to reopen the investigation into the property and is seeking access to the full federal file as officials prepare to search the ranch.

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The Skeleton Key Chronicles

2 days ago

David Vetter would have turned 55 this year. Instead, today marks the anniversary of his passing, the child the world came to know as the real “boy in the plastic bubble.”

Long before Hollywood took notice, much of the country was already following updates about the Houston boy who lived inside a sealed plastic isolator.

In 1976, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble aired on television, inspired by his life. A 22-year-old John Travolta took on the lead role, an interesting casting choice at the time but one that drew major attention. Millions watched the dramatized version of a teenager growing up inside a bubble.

While Travolta’s role played out on TV, David himself grew up in Houston, spending his childhood inside a clear enclosure that created a life carefully managed and closely watched by the outside world. At age 12, doctors attempted a treatment that finally allowed him to step beyond the enclosure for the first time. He passed away shortly after.

In the end, David's story became more than a headline or a made-for-TV script. It marked a moment when one child’s life, lived in isolation, became part of American pop culture and medical history at the same time.

David Phillip Vetter
September 21, 1971 ~ February 22, 1984

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