Ashley Swift

No, I just, um,

No, I just, um,

I would say my dad's reaction was, he was obviously very worried, but you have to think I was nine and my sister was five, so I think he was trying to put on a very brave face for us.

I would say my dad's reaction was, he was obviously very worried, but you have to think I was nine and my sister was five, so I think he was trying to put on a very brave face for us.

Maybe it was just my dad who sat me down and told me that they found my mom. But I remember my dad being kind of very calm. He explained it in a way of mom's not coming back home and this is the new reality. And I think that he was trying to say it in the best way possible, but there's not really a best way possible to say that.

Maybe it was just my dad who sat me down and told me that they found my mom. But I remember my dad being kind of very calm. He explained it in a way of mom's not coming back home and this is the new reality. And I think that he was trying to say it in the best way possible, but there's not really a best way possible to say that.

I thought maybe somebody saw her walking and grabbed her or things like that. But the more I thought about it, I thought there had to be a little bit more to it.

I thought maybe somebody saw her walking and grabbed her or things like that. But the more I thought about it, I thought there had to be a little bit more to it.

I didn't notice anything different, you know. We all went about our business.

I didn't notice anything different, you know. We all went about our business.

They told me that my dad was got arrested. And in that moment, I was like, for what?

They told me that my dad was got arrested. And in that moment, I was like, for what?

This trial was huge.

This trial was huge.

My relationship with my dad during this time period was very good. He made sure that we still had as normal as a childhood as we could, even into our teenage years, you know.

My relationship with my dad during this time period was very good. He made sure that we still had as normal as a childhood as we could, even into our teenage years, you know.

They told me that my dad got arrested and in that moment I was like, for what?

They told me that my dad got arrested and in that moment I was like, for what?

I remember getting that first phone call from him after he was in the jail, and I remember his first words weren't, you know, they weren't about him, they were about us, and that everything was going to be okay.

I remember getting that first phone call from him after he was in the jail, and I remember his first words weren't, you know, they weren't about him, they were about us, and that everything was going to be okay.