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Their family moved to their summer home on Thursday and barely spoke of the boys again.<br \/>\nIn this video extra, Bobby and Tyler&#8217;s brother Chris Billing talks about lifting the veil of secrecy and shame from his family&#8217;s history, and why the police investigators&#8217; conclusion that the boys had fallen asleep on the tracks never sat well with him.<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/lost-sparrow\/\">Lost Sparrow<\/a><\/em> premieres on <em>Independent Lens<\/em> on PBS on Tuesday November 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;\">See more <a style=\"text-decoration: none !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent Lens.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby and Tyler Billing ran away on a Monday. 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