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It started with a social worker sent to support a teenage boy — someone trusted to help during a difficult time. But what investigators would later uncover turned that trust into the centre of a criminal investigation. As accusations emerged, the situation escalated when Payton Shires allegedly returned to the family’s home armed with a gun, making threats toward the boy’s mother and prompting an urgent police response. How did a safeguarding case spiral into fear, criminal charges, and an armed confrontation outside a family home? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
