At 2:27 a.m., My Dad Called: “Your Sister-in-Law Beat Me with a Baseball Bat—But She Told Police I Attacked Her Because I’m Mentally Ill”

the financial records, and Eric’s statement all pointing the same direction. She received four years, with the possibility of parole after two and a half. It wasn’t as long as I wanted. It was, my supervisor reminded me gently, more than most elder abuse cases ever manage to secure, because most of them never get a federal agent showing up at 2:27 continue reading …