But it works, and working is what the victims need, and I have learned to value what works over what inspires.

Chapter 15 — The Dash Camera

But the most devastating piece of evidence came from a source none of us had arranged, and it was the piece that removed any possibility of the Prescotts’ story surviving.

A commercial delivery truck had been parked across the street from Trent’s construction site on the day of the attack, and its high-definition dash camera had been recording, continuously, the entire time.

I have watched that footage exactly once, because I had to, for the case, and I will never watch it again, and I am not going to describe what it shows, because my wife lived it and that is enough.