Mike Boudet

I don't know.

Something of sword and scale show that reveals that the worst monsters exist.

Every family has a story that they don't expect to tell.

In Waller County, Texas, two families were bound together by a relationship, a marriage, and a moment of unimaginable violence.

On the flat coastal plains of southeast Texas, something unthinkable happened.

It was January 12, 2023.

The sheriff of Waller County stepped up to the microphones.

He told the press what he could.

By then, most of the facts were known.

What happened, who was involved, where, when, and how.

The only question left was why.

That would take some time.

Days later, investigators sat down with someone who knew her best.

Her uncle, Irvin Orellana.

She crossed the border with her two brothers.

They were undocumented, but hopeful and determined.

Like so many before her, she was chasing something simple, a better life.

She landed in Waller County, just northwest of Houston.

And moved in with her uncle.

It wasn't glamorous, but it was safe.