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Cheryl Akers, her daughter Christina Alspaugh and Christinas daughter, Stefany, moved from Michigan to Arizona with a U-Haul truck in 2002. It suffered the equivalent of multiple organ failure, stranding them repeatedly in the Southwest during the summer.

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( Al Seib / LAT )

Cheryl Akers, her daughter Christina Alspaugh and Christinas daughter, Stefany, moved from Michigan to Arizona with a U-Haul truck in 2002. It suffered the equivalent of multiple organ failure, stranding them repeatedly in the Southwest during the summer.

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