Brooke gave a separate statement.

Their accounts contradicted each other in simple, measurable ways.

Diane claimed she had checked Jenna’s temperature several times but could not remember a number.

Brooke said nobody in the house had used the thermometer at all.

Diane claimed Jenna had declined food; Brooke admitted she and my mother had eaten takeout in the living room and “didn’t want to disturb” the bedroom.

Neither could explain the missing phone.