At 3 A.M., My Brother Dragged Me Out of My Bedroom While Dad Laughed—He Had No Idea What the Smoke Detector Had Recorded
The original source.
The process used to create a lawful working copy.
The untouched source material remained in official evidence custody.
Ruth emphasized that the footage shouldn’t be edited or embellished.
No added captions.
No dramatic music.
No shortened clip that made the events appear more certain than they were.
“If it contains something unfavorable to your account,” she said, “it stays.”