Chapter 12 - Evelyn finally admits the powder
Evelyn did not confess to murder.
Because that was not what she believed she had done.
Through her attorney, after toxicology returned, she admitted administering a small amount of her medication to the babies on more than one occasion.
Her statement called it:
“A misguided attempt to help severely sleep-deprived parents and distressed infants rest.”
I threw the copy across Mara’s office.
Misguided.
Mara waited.
I picked it up again.
Evelyn claimed she had used only “minute amounts.”
She insisted she believed it was safe because she had once been told by an older relative that similar medications were commonly used in previous generations.
No doctor instructed her.
No pharmacist approved it.
No pediatrician knew.
She did not tell me.
She told Daniel once only after he confronted her.
He told her to stop.
She did not.
On the fatal night, she admitted putting the medication into both bottles.
She denied intending harm.
Denied trying to silence them permanently.
Denied using an unusual amount.
The prosecution would later argue the exact dose could not be established solely from her account.
But intent to kill was not the only possible criminal theory.
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Administering adult medication secretly to newborns was reckless even if she expected them to wake normally.
That distinction would define the case.
