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  ah, gotcha. I like having the doorbell cameras for when I'm not home to make sure things are fine--but I also understand that many people hate them (price, security concerns, giving the police access, etc.)
context: I can't imagine being 10, surviving a crash in which you have to assume you daddy is dead and crawling out of the car, wet in the middle of winter with your sibling and then with that trauma, trying to find shelter and help.
  I have an almost 10yr old daughter. Ugh, I didn't need to read this before bed but here we are. I saw MLive and I used to live near Michigan so I recognized that. >
  
  they couldn't find anyone home. heartbreaking.
  I imagine in the area nobody had doorbell cams or it would have had a better ending sooner. >
  
  That area is summer cottages.  Most people are gone during the winter.