Chapter 9
When the prosecution played the audio recordings recovered from Maya's smartphone, Beatrice gasped in the gallery.
The sinister voice of the matriarch ordering the child to be removed resonated clearly through the courtroom speakers.
Beatrice's defense team offered no cross-examination, realizing the digital evidence was completely airtight.
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The jury deliberated for less than ninety minutes before returning a unanimous guilty verdict on all counts.
The judge sentenced Beatrice to twenty-two years in a federal penitentiary without early parole.
