Eleven Deltas—including Tony—went to prison for what they’d done to Tish and so many others. The story stayed in the headlines in Idaho and beyond for the next year as the case went to trial. In addition to human trafficking, kidnapping, and two counts of attempted murder, Tony was charged as an accomplice in Ava’s death. That charge didn’t stick. His defense team subpoenaed both Laura and I to testify that he didn’t know Ava was down in the crawl space. Tony stared at us pleadingly while we took the stand for the defense. He refused to meet our eyes when we testified for the prosecution, to
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