The trial really was an ordeal to be got through. Our family liaison officers had warned us that it would seem as though it was designed for “the accused” and the presumption of “innocent until proved guilty “might make us feel that it was biased against Alice.

When the actual ride happened, it was pretty brutal, but I think Alice would have really approved of the camaraderie and especially the drinking in the bar at the end of each day.

… most difficult of all are my thoughts of life before Alice was murdered. Because everything that happened before that day led us to the point where she was murdered.