“I Got a Terrified Voice Message From My Son Begging Me to Come Home — The Detective’s Next Words Broke Me”

who don’t know anything better.

It didn’t excuse what she’d done. But it explained the shape of the monster.

“How long will they go to prison?” Adrian asked.

“That’s ultimately for the courts to decide,” Howard said. “But with the evidence we have, Shalia Thornton is looking at fifteen to twenty years minimum, possibly life if we can prove attempted murder.continue reading …