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[English]

My sister Reesa and I were close.

We had typical sister fights, nothing major.

As we became teenagers, I definitely looked up to her.

June 15th, 1984 was a typical day.

My sister had a couple friends that had come over

and we all hung out.

Her friends left later that afternoon,

and my sister went next door to my grandparent's house.

It had been about an hour.

I had just been hanging out in the house.

I started to walk to my grandparent's house,

and noticed that my grandmother's car,

my grandfather's truck were both gone,

and the front door was shut, so I just assumed my sister had

left with one of them, which was not unusual.

So I'd came back into our house.

I was in my bedroom.

I heard my grandfather screaming.

I looked out the window and he was

coming out the front door, his hands were in fists

and he was just screaming hysterically.

I called 9-1-1.

I ran back next door.

I saw my sister in their spare bedroom.

The entire room was just covered in blood,

it was a horrible sight.

And I saw my sister on the floor,

she was mostly covered up with a blanket,

I could see a part of her face and her hair.

I don't remember much more about the day Reesa was murdered,

it was just a big blur at that point on.

That's the house my sister was killed in.

Few days later we were in the funeral home.

There was hundreds of people.

I remember being puzzled seeing her in the casket,

because she didn't look like herself.

They had put stuff over her face to cover the wounds.

She had been stabbed so many times in her face and neck,

and they had to cover all of that.

It made her look so different and strange.

It just seemed unreal.

A woman came up and got in my face and said,

now aren't you the sister, tell me exactly what happened.

It was insane.

I was 13 years old, I was a child.

I was very confused.

Well imagine after all that, a devastated 13 year old Jodi

becomes suspect number one.

I don't know why I was made the primary suspect,

other than the fact that I was home alone

and so close when it happened.

Right after her funeral,

a detective started interrogations with me, and would just

make me go through details of the day over and over,

I guess they were hoping I might slip up

and say something different.

They'd ask me point blank, did you kill your sister?

And of course I said no.

The police made me give spit samples, hair samples,

fingernail samples.

My mother and father weren't allowed in the room with me.

I was scared, I kept thinking to myself

are they going to arrest me for this?

I felt like they had it in for me at that point.

They harassed me for a while, but once we had an attorney,

and there was nothing they could do legally,

they eventually left me alone.

I believe they interviewed pretty much everyone

in my family, but to my knowledge,

I don't think they made my grandfather go through

any kind of interrogations like they had done with me.

If they did, I was not told about it.

I guess they thought I was just too young.

It was very odd that I was interrogated so much more than

any other adult was.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
teenagers /ˈtiːneɪdʒərz/ B1	noun - people who are between 13 and 19 years old
definitely /ˈdefɪnɪtli/ B1	adverb - certainly; without doubt
noticed /ˈnoʊtɪst/ A2	verb - to become aware of something
assumed /əˈsuːmd/ B1	verb - to suppose something is true without proof
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to give a loud, sharp cry
hysterically /hɪˈsterɪkli/ C1	adverb - in an uncontrollably emotional way
horrible /ˈhɔːrəbl/ B1	adjective - causing horror; very bad
murdered /ˈmɜːrdərd/ B2	verb - to kill someone intentionally
funeral /ˈfjuːnərəl/ A2	noun - a ceremony for burying a dead person
puzzled /ˈpʌzld/ B1	adjective - confused; unable to understand
wounds /wuːndz/ A2	noun - injuries
stabbed /stæbd/ B1	verb - to wound with a knife or similar object
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - extremely foolish or unreasonable
devastated /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/ B2	adjective - extremely shocked or upset
suspect /səˈspekt/ B1	noun - a person thought to be guilty of a crime
interrogations /ɪntərroʊˈɡeɪʃənz/ B2	noun - the act of questioning someone
attorney /əˈtɜːrni/ B2	noun - a lawyer
harassed /həˈræst/ B2	verb - to subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation

Key Grammar Structures

• As we became teenagers, I definitely looked up to her.

  ➔ Past continuous/Past simple sequence, Adverb of degree

  ➔ The phrase "As we became teenagers" uses the past continuous to describe a developing situation in the past. "definitely" is an adverb of degree modifying the verb "looked up to". The sentence shows a shift in relationship over time.

• I don't know why I was made the primary suspect, other than the fact that I was home alone and so close when it happened.

  ➔ Passive voice, Subordinate clause of reason (other than the fact)

  ➔ "I was made the primary suspect" is in the passive voice, emphasizing the action done *to* the speaker. "other than the fact that..." introduces a subordinate clause explaining the only known reason for the suspicion.

• They'd ask me point blank, did you kill your sister?

  ➔ Contraction of 'would' + infinitive, Direct question embedded in reported speech

  ➔ "They'd ask" is a contraction of "They would ask", indicating a repeated action in the past. The question "did you kill your sister?" is a direct question embedded within the reported speech, creating a dramatic effect.

• I felt like they had it in for me at that point.

  ➔ Idiomatic expression ('have it in for someone'), Past continuous feeling

  ➔ "have it in for someone" is an idiom meaning to deliberately treat someone unfairly or maliciously. The phrase "I felt like..." expresses a subjective feeling or impression.