Chapter 6 - THE NEW INVESTIGATION
Over the weeks that followed, every piece of “proof” that had sent Mom to death row unraveled completely. Forensic teams found faint traces of Douglas’s DNA on the knife handle—too small to show up on the first, rushed test. They uncovered bank records showing he’d been desperate for money, deep in debt to dangerous people. Witnesses came forward who’d seen him near our home that night, long after he’d claimed to have left.
Every lie he’d woven so carefully came apart thread by thread.
I sat in every hearing, holding Mom’s hand, finally able to write back to all those letters I’d never answered: I believe you. I’m so sorry I doubted you.
