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NGELIQUE ROBLEDO HAS QUITE a story to tell — one that began in high school and nearly ended in tragedy when someone tried to She rebuilt from the ashes From surviving a suspected fetal abduction to raising a family in Maricopa, Angelique Robledo finds her new normal BY BRIAN PETERSHEIM JR. A steal her unborn child. Today, her child, now a teenager, is starting his freshman year at the very same school. More than 14 years ago, Robledo survived a suspected attempted fetal abduction that ended with her closet in flames inside her Cobblestone Farms home. The incident sparked a media frenzy and transformed her into a public figure overnight. But despite the trauma — and the attention — Robledo and her now larger family have worked hard to build something close to normal in Maricopa. When mutilation failed, she turned to arson A Southern California native, Robledo moved to Maricopa in seventh grade after her stepdad, who managed a phone packaging company, transferred to a new plant in Arizona. Her family — mom and three stepbrothers — went from a mobile home trailer park in Orange County to a five-bedroom house with a swimming pool. By 15, Robledo was working at the city’s new Jack in the Box — one of several early fast-food spots where teenagers hung out frequently. The city was growing. When Robledo was a senior at Maricopa High School in 2011, the population hovered just below 44,000. John Wayne Parkway was lined with dirt lots, and Amtrak trains still stopped traffic at the tracks before the overpass was built.
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