Chapter 2 - Stop the funeral
I did not understand preservation of evidence.
Chain of custody.
Probable cause.
Negligence.
I understood one thing.
Mom had hidden that ring.
Robert had taken it.
So I screamed.
“Stop the funeral—he knows what happened to my mother!”
My aunt Melissa stood from the second pew.
Robert backed toward the chapel aisle.
“Katie is upset.”
I pointed at him.
“He took it!”
Melissa looked at Robert’s hand.
“What ring?”
Robert shoved it into his pocket.
That was a terrible decision.
My uncle stood near the exit.
Not threatening him.
Just not moving.
Robert said:
“This is insane.”
Melissa answered:
“Then show us the ring.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“It’s mine.”
I cried:
“Mom hid it!”
Every whisper in the chapel stopped.
The funeral director approached carefully.
Nobody closed Mom’s coffin.
Nobody touched Robert.
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Someone called police.
And my mother’s funeral stopped halfway through.
