Every Time My Daughter Came Home Unresponsive, My Husband Told Me Not to Worry. The Recording in Her Backpack Revealed Why.

When it reached the part where Spencer muttered You trust us way too easily, little girl, Detective Ramirez stopped the playback himself.

“I need to ask you something, and I need you to think before you answer,” he said.

“Does your husband know you’re here?”

“No.

He thinks I’m at home.

He left for work at seven.”

“Does your brother-in-law know about the recorder?”

“No.”