Mara McNamara

I'm gonna quite naturally go on and say whatever the person wants me to say.

Whether it's the truth or whether it's a lie, whatever the person wants me to say, I'm gonna go on and say it.

And there was so much stress and pressure on me and I couldn't have my mama around when they was questioning me or my attorney, so I just went with the flow.

I'm sorry for doing it, but I didn't know any better.

And I feel like I was...

even though I was lying.

I feel like I was taken advantage of, too, because my own mother wasn't even there to be a comforter for me, because every time they came and got me, they wouldn't let my mom come in with me.

I always had to go with them, like I was property of them.

Within days, tips started flooding into the Sheriff's Department.

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