Ashley Flowers

She saw her all the time.

Vanessa remembers the day of the murder well.

She still thinks about the moment when one of her relatives passed her baby cousin to her, the toddler found in Milagros' apartment, and she remembers holding her in a yellow blood-soaked onesie.

What Vanessa wanted to tell Laura wasn't about the day of Milagros' murder, though.

It was about her grandfather, Milagros' ex-husband, Wilfredo.

Now, maybe the timing was a coincidence.

Or maybe all the reporting Laura had been doing was kicking up dust.

Either way, on April 21st, 2026, Vanessa texted Laura and said that she and her grandfather had a conversation.

And what she says he told her had Vanessa questioning everything she thought she knew about her grandmother's case.

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