I learned many things about Noah Rexington within the next few minutes as the water warmed and started to boil on the stovetop. We sat across from each other at the miniscule kitchen table, face to face, and talked. He told me he was the only child, and his Channing parents, Felicia and Daniel Rexington, couldn’t have children. “I was adopted here in Erie from St. Anne’s Heaven Place in 1984 as a newborn. I never knew my real father and mother, and really have no need to, at least not yet in my life.” Then he told me about growing up under Felicia and Daniel’s care, calling them good parents, and how they had cared for him throughout his young life. “It was Daniel who told me to go the police academy in Indiana County. I listened, and here I am now.” “Do you like being a cop in a small