Emiliano gave a recorded statement with a child psychologist present. He described waking up thirsty, walking downstairs, seeing his father on the kitchen floor, and seeing Oscar standing near him with blood on his shirt. He remembered Oscar wrapping the knife in a towel. He remembered following him upstairs because he did not understand. He remembered Oscar kneeling in front of him, gripping his shoulders hard enough to hurt, whispering that if he ever spoke, Camila would disappear like Canela.
When asked why he remembered now, Emiliano said, “I always remembered. But he told me dreams don’t count.”
That sentence traveled through every person who heard the recording.
Camila gave her own statement. She admitted Oscar had controlled their access to Lucía’s letters. He told Camila her mother blamed her. He told Emiliano their mother did not want to see him. He destroyed birthday cards. He moved them from the old house quickly after the conviction and sold it under a legal arrangement he claimed was necessary for their support.
