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…

vest.

“Under here,” Lily said. “Like me.”

Ava kept her hand still beside the recorder.

“Mama said hide. I tried. Bunny fell.”

Dr. Bell looked down at the table. “I didn’t ask her anything before that. I was taking notes across the room. She had been sitting with Boone for maybe seven minutes.”

Ava replayed the segment. She listened for an adult voice, a continue reading …