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1969: A 13-year-old Clovis girl had been credited with saving the life of a 2-year-old neighbor boy.

Carolyn Joyce Barnett, who lived at 509 Circle Drive, found Jody McDonald locked in a refrigerator inside a nearby vacant house, the Clovis News-Journal reported.

Carolyn told police she was in her back yard when she heard a muffled yell coming from the empty house at 510 Circle Drive. She entered and found the boy locked in the refrigerator.

Officials said it appeared the child had wandered away from his own home at 508 Circle Drive, climbed into the refrigerator, which closed behind him, locking him inside.

When found, he had “just about passed out from lack of air,” the newspaper reported.

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