Every Friday at 6 p.m. my daughter called me without fail, and the one week my phone stayed silent I drove to her house and heard a sound from upstairs that turned our quiet Tennessee life into something I still can’t fully talk about

real villain in this case,” Hawkins said, “is Chelsea Parker—a woman who rekindled an old romance, manipulated Kevin, and then took matters into her own hands. Kevin Marshall was in another room when Allison died. He didn’t know what Chelsea was doing until it was too late.”

He walked toward the jury, hands open.

“Chelsea has admitted her role,” he said.continue reading …