This is crucial. If there had been trouble between the two, there's a good chance he'd have told his mother about it and she'd have told the Texas authorities. Also, so far there have been no reports of possible motives for her to murder him, including reports of something like a large, recently acquired life insurance policy, with her being the sole beneficiary. I'm going to believe her story unless some really good evidence against her comes out.
As far as those who are trashing her are concerned, including those on FR, let's remember there are powerful interests that wish her nothing but ill for their own illicit reasons. The Mexican government doesn't want her story to be true because it would show how helpless they are in controlling their own border and how complicit they are in the drug and other cross-border crimes. Same for the Illegal and his regime and most DemonRats, because this incident will retard their scheme to subvert our elections with a flood of illegals. Finally, some of the people at Falcon Lake want the tourists to keep coming, a thing that will not be helped if Mrs. Hartley is telling the truth.
Good summation!