Reunited ; After 12 Years, Springs Woman Reconnecting with Her Son

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › July 23, 2004

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Heath McGraw and his mother, Linda Hofer, settled into a table at a Colorado Springs restaurant. Heath, 18, ordered a strawberry shake with his meal. His mom looked at him curiously.

"Strawberry? That's your favorite?"

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Reunited ; After 12 Years, Springs Woman Reconnecting with Her Son

It's an unusual thing for a mother not to know. Then again, these two have a lot of catching up to do.

Twelve years ago, when Heath was 6, his mother drove him from Colorado Springs to the McDonald's in Colby, Kan., and dropped him off into his father's custody.

He didn't see his mother again for 12 years.

Hofe...

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