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Mom's Away!

Westword | November 23, 2005

Silvia Johnson wanted to be a "cool mom," so she held innumerable parties at her home, where she provided alcohol, marijuana and methamphetamines to kids and had sexual relations with at least five boys, ranging in age from 15 to 17.

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