Northglenn

That, the Northglenn representative said, wasn’t “self-inflicted.”

The following day, Northglenn Police located the stolen vehicle at an apartment complex at 11501 Washington Street in the Denver metropolitan area.

She recalled her father in her hometown of Northglenn, Colorado, asking how far she was and what time zone she was in.

The couple settled in Northglenn, Colo., near Denver, after Mr. Parker suggested that the landscape might remind them of home.

For Margot, now a 17-year-old senior at Northglenn High School, that lesson about politics and public service stuck.