Chapter 17 - DEREK’S SEARCHES
Digital forensics recovered more.
Three weeks earlier:
can one magnet pass through child
small magnet swallowed no symptoms
Two weeks earlier:
how long foreign object stays in stomach
Then after Emily found the silver ball:
does doctor report parent if child swallows object
That search chilled me more than “magnet dangerous.”
Not:
How do I help?
Will someone report me?
Then:
can xray tell how long magnet inside
That was at 7:16 p.m. the night Noah escaped.
Derek claimed he searched because he was worried.
Maybe.
Concern and self-protection can coexist.
Then one deleted text to a friend:
Kid is trying to get me jammed up with Emily again.
Friend:
What happened?
Derek:
Nothing. He needs discipline.
The friend did not ask more.
Later he told police:
May you like
“I thought he meant grounding.”
Maybe he did.
