Lost Traveler Analysis

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A television show that I watched was Law and Order: Special Victim Unit. The episode was called “Lost Traveler” and was aired on November 30th, 2011. The episode began with a Romani child was on his way home from school for the first time and all of a sudden he disappears. When the police report is announced the two main detectives from the show came to the parents who in their culture do not trust the police. The detectives at first believe that the parents kidnapped their child for money because in the past other similar stories have occurred in that community. As the detectives investigate, it leads them to two powerful leaders of the Romani community, but as usual they deny any involvement. There was a sign that the Romani boy was alive

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