
SPRINGFIELD — After a young lifetime of neglect, uncertainty and foster placements, Chanel Nugent-Dunson thought she had finally found a savior in a seemingly warm-hearted high school teacher.
He paid her special interest in school, gave her rides home, even suggesting she call him “dad,” which she did. She didn’t care if her classmates found it odd.
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