Question D

[Jonetta]

Turns out Tina has quite a history, her father a notorious drug dealer who subjected her to horrible abuse and her ex-husband a recent prison graduate. Should she have revealed this history to law enforcement without being forced to do so? What did you make of those revelations at the time?

[Robin]

Tina knew that her father was mostly likely behind Paul's murder. She should have come clean with the police. When her past came to light, I thought there was a good chance that someone in her father's organization was the killer.

[Jonetta]

Tina’s behavior was curious from the start and she just made me not trust her. I just knew there was more she was hiding. It’s one thing for them to come after her but why kill Paul?

[Lauren]

Yeah, this required a great deal of suspension of disbelief. First of all, Tina marrying a criminal and then a cop did not mesh with her careful, in hiding from the mob character. Moreover, her not being in witness protection did not make sense at all!

I am not surprised that she didn't reveal her past to the sheriff though. She knew her father had been released from prison.

[Jonetta]

She refused witness protection because she knew there were cops on her father’s payroll so I completely understood her not going that route.

Since the sheriff was making it clear that Evan was his main suspect, I thought that should be the incentive to implicate her father. When she didn’t, I found that curious.

[Charlene]

I didn't know what to think about that when I was reading. The sheriff was not terribly helpful, though.

[Lauren]

Jonetta wrote: "She refused witness protection because she knew there were cops on her father’s payroll so I completely understood her not going that route. ."

This excuse didn't work for me. WITSEC is a federal program run by the US Marshall's service. It is completely separate from local law enforcement and in the entire history of the service, they have never lost a witness under their protection.

[Jonetta]

Except on TV😏

[Lauren]

Jonetta wrote: "Except on TV😏"

True! Lol!

[Sharon]

I didn't buy Tina's reasoning for keeping so many secrets. As I mother I would come clean with everything to protect my child.