[Howlin]

"My father came to see me in the hospital," she said.

I KNEW I had read that somewhere but I couldn't find it!

Thanks so much for finding it.

[LWalk18]

Now the possibility does occur to me that maybe she has a father and a stepfather, and the "father" she is referring to is not the same person as the father in this above story. But even if that is the case: 1) such a fact should be clarified right away and 2) that means that she was seen by family soon after the incident and appeared fine and said nothing.