I understood the regret in his voice.

It sounded like mine.

He explained that his camera was installed to watch a side entrance after several package thefts.

It captured part of our patio incidentally, not our bedrooms or interior rooms.

The original file remained in the system.

He had provided investigators an export and a description of how the timestamps were generated.

“Do you think they’ll need you in court?” I asked.

“If they do, I’ll show up.”