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…

in her hand. “No one asked Lily to bring it. No adult prompted the content. The details in the drawing correspond with physical evidence collected at the scene.”

“Or with things she overheard in the weeks since,” Graham said.

Judge Whitcomb looked from one attorney to the other. “Approach.”

The bench conference was brief, tense, and conducted in voices continue reading …