Tamarin Yoder

Well, we weren't letting him in on the fact that we had been talking with the investigators. How did you take that, knowing that the police were looking at your dad?

Well, we weren't letting him in on the fact that we had been talking with the investigators. How did you take that, knowing that the police were looking at your dad?

Yep. But we didn't understand because there was nothing in their relationship that indicated that there was any trouble.

Yep. But we didn't understand because there was nothing in their relationship that indicated that there was any trouble.

They're like, we actually have a letter. What do you mean you have a letter? Well, the letter is actually pointing the finger at your brother and it says that he's got this in his car. The poison in his car. The poison in his car. And I said, what do you mean you have a letter that says my brother did it? And they said, no, it's important. We got to look in your brother's car.

They're like, we actually have a letter. What do you mean you have a letter? Well, the letter is actually pointing the finger at your brother and it says that he's got this in his car. The poison in his car. The poison in his car. And I said, what do you mean you have a letter that says my brother did it? And they said, no, it's important. We got to look in your brother's car.

You got to convince him to let us, you know, if you can talk to him, let him know. Because if he leaves the station, this isn't going to be good.

You got to convince him to let us, you know, if you can talk to him, let him know. Because if he leaves the station, this isn't going to be good.

I knew at the time my mom got sick he was with me. And I couldn't understand, wait, how would he have been involved?

I knew at the time my mom got sick he was with me. And I couldn't understand, wait, how would he have been involved?

At that point, a possibility was my father.

At that point, a possibility was my father.

This can't really be happening. We had to reality check with each other because you're like, did it happen or did it not? Was this a dream? What's going on? You feel like all of a sudden somebody dropped you in the middle of hell and you can't find your way out. And every time you get an answer, it's worse.

This can't really be happening. We had to reality check with each other because you're like, did it happen or did it not? Was this a dream? What's going on? You feel like all of a sudden somebody dropped you in the middle of hell and you can't find your way out. And every time you get an answer, it's worse.

He's like, Mom, you know, she was up all night with vomiting and diarrhea and abdominal pain, and she's just kind of listless. I don't know if she's just tired. So he took her right to the hospital that day.

He's like, Mom, you know, she was up all night with vomiting and diarrhea and abdominal pain, and she's just kind of listless. I don't know if she's just tired. So he took her right to the hospital that day.

And her CAT scan had showed some inflammation and possibly around the pancreas area, but they really weren't sure. And so it was just like, oh, okay, she has an infection of the gallbladder.

And her CAT scan had showed some inflammation and possibly around the pancreas area, but they really weren't sure. And so it was just like, oh, okay, she has an infection of the gallbladder.

They had everybody there trying to figure out what was happening and nobody, nobody could do anything.

They had everybody there trying to figure out what was happening and nobody, nobody could do anything.

Mary's daughters agree. There was another side of Katie that we had not known was there.

Mary's daughters agree. There was another side of Katie that we had not known was there.

It was just one malicious attack after another. My dad had never attacked anyone in his life. He was just a broken 70-year-old man that was barely functioning.

It was just one malicious attack after another. My dad had never attacked anyone in his life. He was just a broken 70-year-old man that was barely functioning.

We said, we'll do anything. We just want the truth.

We said, we'll do anything. We just want the truth.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

I spoke with the medical examiner's office, and I spoke with one of the doctors, and they said they were going to be doing the autopsy the following morning. At that point, the only things that we had that we were trying to use to kind of piece together was there was an infection of some kind. This was a very brutal death.

I spoke with the medical examiner's office, and I spoke with one of the doctors, and they said they were going to be doing the autopsy the following morning. At that point, the only things that we had that we were trying to use to kind of piece together was there was an infection of some kind. This was a very brutal death.

We're hoping to finally be able to go back to the good memories and not have to relive the worst one. We want to be able to actually celebrate her life.

We're hoping to finally be able to go back to the good memories and not have to relive the worst one. We want to be able to actually celebrate her life.

She was there for you no matter what, no matter when you called, no matter what you needed your mom for.

She was there for you no matter what, no matter when you called, no matter what you needed your mom for.

We adored him. And he was ours. I mean, we cuddled him. We held him.

We adored him. And he was ours. I mean, we cuddled him. We held him.

And he said based on the severity of how quickly this illness hit her and the fact that it looked like it was an infectious cause with a high white blood cell count and her gallbladder being inflamed, we think it's something called colitis or ascending cholangitis. And this is what you told your aunts that you believed. Yeah, exactly.

And he said based on the severity of how quickly this illness hit her and the fact that it looked like it was an infectious cause with a high white blood cell count and her gallbladder being inflamed, we think it's something called colitis or ascending cholangitis. And this is what you told your aunts that you believed. Yeah, exactly.

At that point, that was the most we had.

At that point, that was the most we had.

He's like, okay, we did get a cause of death back. It's colchicine. I said, what? She's like, do you repeat it? It's colchicine. I'm like, the gout medication? I was completely confused. I mean, the only capacity that I knew that was as a short-term acute treatment for gout. Which we knew our mother didn't have.

He's like, okay, we did get a cause of death back. It's colchicine. I said, what? She's like, do you repeat it? It's colchicine. I'm like, the gout medication? I was completely confused. I mean, the only capacity that I knew that was as a short-term acute treatment for gout. Which we knew our mother didn't have.

Colchicine, one of the hallmarks of it, it stops your heart. It breaks it, and it breaks it over and over and over again.

Colchicine, one of the hallmarks of it, it stops your heart. It breaks it, and it breaks it over and over and over again.