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…

what happened?”

“No. We suspected she may have seen something, but she wouldn’t answer.”

Graham’s cross-examination was quick and sharp.

“Officer, you never heard Lily say Mr. Reed attacked her mother, correct?”

“Correct.”

“You never heard her describe a broken table or a lamp that night?”

“No.”

“You never heard the words ‘loud man’ until the State prepared continue reading …