The passage of time is usually a thief, stealing memories, softening sharp edges of grief, and slowly eroding the foundation of hope. For the family of Leo Thorne, time had been a relentless enemy. When the six-year-old vanished from a campsite in the dense, unforgiving sprawl of the Pacific Northwest in the autumn of 2022, the world seemed to stop. Search parties combed through the underbrush until their boots wore thin; helicopters circled until the winter snow rendered the terrain impassable. Eventually, the headlines faded. The volunteers went home. The “Missing” posters grew bleached and brittle under the sun, eventually…