Thank you for your expeirienced ear for testimony. I thought it was her brother who had had cancer.
There was only one photo of the mother with her and her late brother; but in it, the mother is looking away from the girl, who is in a "controlled" grasp, and is gazing adoringly at the son. Hard to say if that was an all -the-time state of affairs, or just one photo. Sometimes if the child of a divorce resembles the hated ex, it goes hard for him or her with the abandoned single parent.
Now I see that if there was already an issue with that math teacher and that day was his first day back, it must have been an additional trigger. What a mess.
I would suspect the return of the math teacher might have been a trigger. It was interesting that she mentioned that. It was clearly something that was big enough for her to reference at this particular time.
I had not really paid attention to photo, but you make a good point. Mom has almost a death grip on the girl, but is looking at the boy. The more I look at this, and listen to the video, I am more convinced this child has reactive attachment disorder. I can almost assure you there were other signs. Kids with RAD don’t just all of a sudden kill. It is a progressive thing. Mom saw other stuff. That explains why mom said to the child...”you better pray that he F...ing lives.” Mom said that with a lot of anger and hatred. This was one messed up family. Living in a messed up apartment complex. With really messed up lives. 3 kids by 3 men, none of them living with the family. I would bet money this girl has been abused or severely neglected..