But her story endures as a testament to the innocent victims of violence, to the failures of justice and to the heavy price of truth delayed but ultimately revealed.

In the end, three lives were destroyed that November evening.

Bertha’s ended by a bullet.

Royy’s stolen by false imprisonment and Billy’s consumed by guilt and ultimately imprisoned by his own confession.

and a community learned that sometimes the real monster isn’t the person accused but the lie that everyone chooses to believe.

End from the living.

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