The District Attorney’s office built a comprehensive case.

PART 11

The prosecutors did not build the case in a straight line.

There were weeks when nothing seemed to happen, followed by days when new paperwork arrived faster than I could read it.

Each time I spoke with an investigator, I learned to ask the same questions: What is confirmed?

What remains under review?

Is there anything Lily and I need to do right now?

Assistant district attorney Morgan Reed was the first person to explain the difference between the story I lived and the evidence a court could consider.