Some messages showed my husband accusing Dad of undermining his authority.
Others showed him insisting that our daughter needed harsher discipline because she was becoming too independent.
One message, sent six weeks earlier, stood out.
If she learns that crying gets her rescued, she’ll use it every time she doesn’t want to work. Someone has to teach her that consequences are real.
I read the words twice.
My husband hadn’t lost control for a single moment.
He had been building a system in which our daughter was expected to obey him, fear him, and remain silent.
The detective explained that investigators would review the evidence alongside the physical findings, witness statements, and the scene documented at our home.
My husband had been arrested, but the investigation was still ongoing.
They also asked whether I had noticed anything unusual about his behavior toward our daughter in the months before the attack.
