Grief manifests differently in different people, and Kaiser learned a long time ago to stop judging. You can’t tell people how they’re supposed to feel, when they’re supposed to feel it, or how they’re supposed to show it. Daniel Rudd and Lara Friedman, Emily Rudd’s parents, nearly collapse at the news of their young daughter’s death at first, crying and shaking and wanting details Kaiser doesn’t have yet. He assures them her death was quick, and that there were no outward signs of abuse.

