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Carolyn DeFord holds a photo of herself, right, with her mother, Leona LeClair Kinsey, on May 11, 2018, in Tacoma, Wash. The photo was taken at Kinsey’s home in La Grande, Ore., when DeFord was 19 years old. Photo: Jovelle Tamayo for The Intercept