Sarah Crane Murdoch (Reporter)

Why can't it be you? That's Trisha's mom, Georgie. They were sitting next to each other on the couch.

Why can't it be you? That's Trisha's mom, Georgie. They were sitting next to each other on the couch.

Georgie went to the sentencing hearing instead of Trisha.

Georgie went to the sentencing hearing instead of Trisha.

Georgie went to the sentencing hearing instead of Trisha.

Audrey is her daughter. Trisha's marriage didn't survive Aiden's death. She told me it wasn't just grief. It was the way grief turned her into a different person, an angrier person, a person exhausted from pushing for answers. This is how grief affected all of the other parents I met, which makes what Carissa and Kevin did feel even more extraordinary. But it cost them too.

Audrey is her daughter. Trisha's marriage didn't survive Aiden's death. She told me it wasn't just grief. It was the way grief turned her into a different person, an angrier person, a person exhausted from pushing for answers. This is how grief affected all of the other parents I met, which makes what Carissa and Kevin did feel even more extraordinary. But it cost them too.

Audrey is her daughter. Trisha's marriage didn't survive Aiden's death. She told me it wasn't just grief. It was the way grief turned her into a different person, an angrier person, a person exhausted from pushing for answers. This is how grief affected all of the other parents I met, which makes what Carissa and Kevin did feel even more extraordinary. But it cost them too.

A week after sentencing, I got a text from Carissa. She and Kevin broke up. When I talked to her, she wasn't sure what was going to happen between them. She said they were working on it. For the anniversary of Micah's death last month, Carissa told Kevin she wanted to spend the day in the mountains, just them and their son, as a family.

A week after sentencing, I got a text from Carissa. She and Kevin broke up. When I talked to her, she wasn't sure what was going to happen between them. She said they were working on it. For the anniversary of Micah's death last month, Carissa told Kevin she wanted to spend the day in the mountains, just them and their son, as a family.

A week after sentencing, I got a text from Carissa. She and Kevin broke up. When I talked to her, she wasn't sure what was going to happen between them. She said they were working on it. For the anniversary of Micah's death last month, Carissa told Kevin she wanted to spend the day in the mountains, just them and their son, as a family.