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Chinese masks received

    Caden Swearingen & Sheila Harris

    Amber and Kenny Miller of Washburn order packages regularly, but the morning of August 6, they received a package with a Chinese return address that they had not ordered. Due to recent reports of mysterious packages with Chinese labels being delivered to American households, the Millers were immediately suspicious, but, out of curiosity, they opened it.
    Inside were masks. They appeared harmless, but motivated by caution, Amber called the the Barry County Sheriff's Office the next day.

    "The deputy told me to destroy the masks based on state recommendations," she said.
    Wendy Cairus, of Cassville, had an identical experience August 13. She received a package of masks she had not ordered, with a sender-label presumably from China. There was, however, a phone number for the distribution center from which the package was shipped in the United States.

    "They said the package had been paid for with a credit card, but they had a record of only the last four digits," she said. "They also gave me an email address associated with their order - which was spam, of course."
    Cairus said, coincidentally, a friend in Indiana received the same type of package the same day Cairus received hers, but through a different distribution center.

    Cairus says she hates to throw the masks away in case law enforcement can somehow track their origin. With that in mind, she spoke with Detective Boyd with the Cassville Police Department, although, she says, she's sure this isn't his priority right now.


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Package the masks arrived in
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Masks that were inside the package
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