

Several years ago, when Freeman Hardin, Jr. lost track of his father, Freeman, Sr., he decided to go on a manhunt and started
looking for him on the streets. As luck would have it, he found his dad on Father's Day four years ago and brought him to
Phelan, California, to live with his wife, Laura, and their daughter, 17-year-old Ashley Hardin. Since there were no extra
bedrooms in the Hardin household, Freeman, Sr. lived in a fifth-wheel trailer in the yard. More space was needed so Freeman,
Sr. could stay in the main house, which was a run-down vacation home that had been on the real estate market for years.




