SHE CHAINED THE SHERIFF’S SICK FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN 95-DEGREE HEAT — THEN HE DISCOVERED THE SECOND HEART ALARM HAD BEEN PLANNED BEFORE SHE ARRIVED
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Chapter 30 - DIANA’S TRIALThe courtroom was full.
Diana wore navy.
No pearls.
No clipboard.
Her attorney argued she had inherited a dysfunctional county system.
That Laura was obsessed.
That Malcolm forged records without Diana’s knowledge.
That Grant acted independently.
That Emma’s restraint was misguided but not malicious.
Then prosecutors played the porch footage.
Diana:
Tell me where your mother kept the folder.
Emma:
I don’t know.
Diana:
May you like
Then we wait for the next alarm.
No explanation could make that sentence therapeutic.
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Chapter 31 - EMMA DOES NOT TESTIFY IN OPEN COURTHer forensic interview was used.
Chapter 32 - LAURA’S CASEDiana’s charges expanded.
Chapter 33 - DIANA TESTIFIESAgainst her attorneys’ advice, Diana took the stand.
Chapter 34 - THE VERDICTDiana was convicted on multiple felony counts.
Chapter 35 - THE OTHER FAMILIESAfter the trial, families began contacting me.
Chapter 36 - I RETURN TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICEAfter sixty days, I returned.
