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BREAKING JOEL/ DESPERATE STEPS, DARK JOURNEY Academy's grip lingers as son, family transform; Ranch closes amid allegations, but some praise it
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Academy's grip lingers as son, family transform
Ranch closes amid allegations, but some praise it
Eight months had passed since the night Cathy and Steven
Petershack hired men with handcuffs to escort their troubled son to a
harsh boarding school in Costa Rica. In all that time, they had heard
his voice on the phone just once, for five minutes on Christmas Day.
His e-mails home to Milwaukee only added to the mystery of how he
was doing. In some, ...