At Her Twins’ Funeral, a Mother-in-Law Attacks the Grieving Mom—Then a Four-Year-Old Reveals What She Saw in Their Bottles.
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Chapter 14 - CYNTHIA? NO, DIANE’S ROUTINEPolice reconstructed Diane’s visits through doorbell cameras and phone location history.
She had come over four evenings in the two weeks before Benjamin died.
Each time, she offered to handle the twins’ night bottles.
Why?
She complained I “let them control the household.”
She believed babies should sleep longer.
Texts to Trevor:
DIANE:
Those boys need to learn nighttime.
TREVOR:
They’re babies.
DIANE:
Exactly. Train them now.
Another:
DIANE:
Grace jumps every time they squeak.
TREVOR:
She’s tired.
DIANE:
Because she created chaos.
May you like
Control disguised as parenting philosophy.
Again.
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Chapter 15 - THE PRIOR INCIDENTA month before the deaths, Benjamin became unusually hard to wake after Diane babysat.
Chapter 16 - DIANE’S MOTIVE WAS NOT HATREDI wanted her to hate my sons.
Chapter 17 - TREVOR MOVES OUTI asked Trevor to leave before any court ordered it.
Chapter 18 - THE VOICEMAILThe biggest piece of evidence came from Diane herself.
Chapter 19 - THE CENTRAL TRUTHDiane did not plan to murder Benjamin and Luke.
Chapter 20 - I CONFRONT TREVORWe met in a lawyer’s conference room.
