The child wept desperately by his mothers grave, insisting she was still aliveno one paid attention until the police stepped in.
In early May, several people noticed a boy visiting the cemetery. He was around ten, no older. Day after day, he went to the same tomb.
Hed sit on the ground, leaning against the cold stone, and cry out to the sky:
*”She’s still alive! Shes not here!”*
Visitors watched him with sad understanding. They assumed he was deep in grief, unable to accept his mothers death. Sooner or later, they thought, hed come to terms with it.
Yet a week passed, then another, and the boy kept returning, no matter the weather.
The caretaker couldnt take the daily cries any longer. Finally, he called the police.
A young officer arrived and carefully approached the child.
*”Hello,”* he said gently.
The boy flinched, looked up, and revealed a thin, tear-streaked face with eyes older than his years.
*”Do you know how to tell if someones breathing underground?”* he asked.
The officer was taken aback.
*”No… thats not something a child should think about.”*
*”They said my mom fell asleep while driving. But she was never tired. Never!”* The boys voice dropped to a whisper. *”And they wouldnt let me say goodbye…”*
The officer glanced at the gravethe dirt was fresh, unsettled. Nearby lay a shovel.
*”Who told you that?”*
*”The people she worked for. A man with a gold ring… and a woman who smiles all the time, even when shes angry.”*
*”Do you know their names?”*
The boy spoke them, and the officer wrote them down. Something in his voice stayed with the young cop, who reported it to his superiors.
An investigation soon began. It was uncovered that the boys mother, Anna, had been an accountant at a major pharmaceutical company.
A week before her alleged accident, shed vanished from work.
Her employer claimed she was exhausted, then that shed died. The death certificate was signed by the company doctor.
There was no wake, the casket stayed closed, and no autopsy was performed.
The officer demanded an exhumation. The coffin was empty.
The case escalated to a federal investigation. More details emerged: Anna wasnt just an accountant.
Shed gathered extensive evidence against the companys leadershipdocuments, recordings, money trails, illegal schemes.
Shed planned to hand it over to prosecutors, but someone found out.
Then came something even the boy didnt know.
Anna hadnt had an accident. Her death was staged by the police.
The day she submitted the evidence at the station, police already had files linking the company to other crimes.
They acted fastAnna was placed in witness protection.
To keep executives from suspecting a leak, they faked her death. The coffin had always been empty.
All evidence went to the courts, but the boy was kept in the dark to protect the operation.
He only knew one thing: his mother wasnt dead.
And he was right.
Three months after the trial, once the case was closed and the guilty arrested, Anna reappeared at her old homes doorstep.
