What This Mother Learned About Her Daughter Shocked Investigators

A mother sits in an interrogation room. She is not a suspect. She is a witness. The detective asks about her daughter. The mother describes a good kid. Helpful. Respectful. No trouble. The detective slides a photograph across the table. The mother looks down. Her daughter's face stares back from a security camera. The time stamp matches the time of the murder. The mother's face crumbles. She had no idea.In this episode, I examine the case of a mother who discovered that her daughter was a killer. The daughter had been leading a double life. She was a honor student by day and a drug dealer by night. She killed a rival dealer in a dispute over territory. The mother had no idea. She thought her daughter was at a sleepover. The daughter had been planning the murder for weeks. She bought a gun from a classmate. She texted her accomplice details of her plan. She deleted the messages, but the cellular provider kept records.The mother testified at trial. She said she still loved her daughter. She said she would wait for her. The daughter was convicted and sentenced to twenty-five years to life. The mother visits her every week. She still cannot believe what her daughter did.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the mother learned the truth about her daughter. And it destroyed everything she thought she knew.