A bowl left on the table.

Shoes beside the door.

A mother correcting her son’s spelling.

None of it needed an audience.

PART 14

Late in the summer, Adams invited Rachel and me to review a summary of what investigators believed the evidence supported.

By then, enough time had passed for rumors to turn into family legend.

People claimed they knew how a medication had been administered, where Rachel had been held, and exactly what Kyle intended.