"Pitkin didn't call her parents from jail to tell them what happened. They found out about her arrest when police called Pitkin's mother to say that they had impounded her silver Dodge Caravan. Pitkin had been driving it when police stopped her.

Inside the jail's courtroom hours after booking, Pitkin pleaded not guilty to a heroin possession charge, likely unaware that her parents were right outside.

They had traveled to Hillsboro for the hearing but didn't make it. The judge liked to run early, someone had told them later, and with that, they missed a last chance to see their daughter alive."

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