science reporter david wagner from our member station kpbs in san diego reports. >> reporter: dardieregon. she spends her days working as a paralegal and catching up with all the kids she raised. but unknown to her, she was carrying a genetic mutation that left her and family members vulnerable to sudden heart failure. a year and a half ago she received an unexpected call. it was about her son, daniel. >> i got a call out of the blue from his girlfriend. and um, sorry... she said, the paramedics were there, working on daniel. that she had found him and he was blue and unresponsive. and i told her, "i said tell him his mama loves him." and she said, "i'm sure he can't hear you," and i said, "tell him anyway." and so she did. >> reporter: in tears, she left the office and got in her car. >> and on the way home i got the call that there was nothing they could do and he was gone. >> reporter: daniel was 29 and otherwise healthy. no one knew why he had died so suddenly. >> that was to me, that was really the worst part. the word to us initially was, they thought he must have committed sui

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