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…

she returned to the witness area. She did not put Tyler’s booking photo next to the drawing. She did not ask Lily whether the man was Tyler. She placed the drawing flat on the stand and let Lily see it.

“Can you tell us about this picture?” Ava asked.

Lily’s hand went to Boone’s ear. “That’s the loud man.”

“What makes him loud?”

Lily frowned, as if the continue reading …