Chapter 6 - THE NIGHT CLARA DIED
The timeline was reconstructed from:
doorbell camera,
smart-home logs,
Lily’s statements,
phone records,
paramedic report.
7:11 p.m.
Derek arrived.
7:16.
Teresa arrived.
They claimed it was a family discussion.
7:28.
Clara called Alex’s dead phone.
7:31.
Again.
7:36.
Again.
7:39.
Derek called Clara from inside the house.
Why?
He said he had gone downstairs and wanted her to come talk.
7:43.
Clara called Rachel Sloan.
No answer.
7:45.
Clara called Alex again.
Then calls stopped.
Why?
Teresa took the phone.
7:51.
Home audio assistant captured a partial command from the upstairs hall:
“Call emergency—”
Command canceled.
By whom?
Unknown.
7:53.
Lily’s bedroom door opened.
7:55.
Movement on upstairs hallway sensor.
7:58.
911 called from Derek’s phone.
Clara was unconscious.
Paramedics arrived at 8:06.
No pulse.
Resuscitation continued thirty-one minutes.
Death pronounced.
No obvious trauma.
No blood.
No scene suggesting violent assault.
Then Lily said something new.
“Uncle Derek wouldn’t let Mommy leave.”
Alex went still.
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“What do you mean?”
“He stood at the door.”
