Chapter 20 - Trial: The Documents
School principal.
Withdrawal form.
Signature.
IP address from home network.
Parent portal.
Then forensic examiner.
PDF created from Jocelyn’s user profile.
Signature image extracted from contractor contract.
Fake domain registered with her card.
Recovery phone hers.
No technical magic.
Simple.
Then Vermont school.
Emails.
Then Ruth.
She cried.
Defense treated gently.
Good.
She was not enemy.
“Did Declan ever discuss longer visits?”
“Yes.”
“Did you believe the emails?”
“Yes.”
“Did Jocelyn tell you Declan agreed?”
“Yes.”
“Did you want Emmett?”
“We wanted to help if his father wanted.”
Then:
“Would you have kept him if Declan called and said bring him home?”
Ruth looked offended.
“Of course not.”
That hurt attempted custodial interference charge.
If Jocelyn planned placement with grandparents who would immediately return child on father demand, was she intending to deprive custody long enough to satisfy statute?
Debatable.
Good.
Then caregiver form.
Not notarized.
Temporary language.
Defense highlighted.
Prosecution responded:
May you like
Fraud does not need perfect paperwork to be fraud.
Correct.
