The little girl hadn’t spoken since the night her mother was found on the kitchen floor! Then the court dog lowered his head-and she whispered one sentence toward the defense table…

from another courtroom. She reserved every right Tyler had and added that if the State’s theory had shifted this dramatically, her client should not remain trapped under a prosecution built on compromised assumptions.

Judge Whitcomb granted the recess. The jury would be told only that a legal matter required delay. Ava was ordered to proceed through continue reading …