A Forensic Accountant Found Millions Missing From the Family’s Children’s Charity — And a Dead Man’s Ledgers That Named Who Took It

Chapter 5 — The Forensic Accountant

Three weeks before our final court date, my attorney, Bridgette Halloran, had retained a meticulous forensic accountant named Yvonne Barrett to review several bizarre discrepancies in the Abernathy estate disclosures.

Yvonne had uncovered a series of suspicious transfers originating from the Abernathy Foundation for Children — a renowned nonprofit established by Kieran’s late father decades earlier, which publicly funded pediatric surgical equipment, shelter programs for homeless families, and nutrition initiatives across the Midwest.

Constance was constantly photographed at glamorous galas for the foundation.