After my stepfather injured my twin sister and me, he brought us to the hospital. My mother calmly told the doctor, “They just fell down the stairs.” My stepfather smiled, thinking he had won. But as the nurse checked my vitals, I slipped a handwritten note into her pocket, and…
a maximum-security state penitentiary, without the possibility of early parole.
Eleanor, realizing the battle was utterly lost, had accepted a plea deal midway through the trial. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy, severe child endangerment, financial fraud, and obstruction of justice. She was sentenced to twelve years in a federal women’s facility.
