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We rushed to the courthouse, everyone in tow, all of our loved ones. And when I walked into the courthouse, I had to go
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through security. And they whisked me away. And they took me up into a room where they told me I wouldn't be able to
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touch or do anything else, which I confused me, but made me think that my husband was going to be on the other
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side of the door. And um I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my life. They opened the door and I walked in and
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there was my husband, the attorneys, and two uh baiffs and they had me sit down and that's when my husband told me that
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he would not be coming home that night. Um I I uh I literally had to stand up and start pacing because
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I I couldn't believe that I I was so afraid of my next what the next words were going to be. And so I walked for a
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minute and then I sat back down and then my husband couldn't say anything anymore. And so uh Jay Elmore let me
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know that there was a hung jury and what that exactly meant. So then they took me
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into the courtroom. Then the jury filed in and then they brought my husband in and they sat at the defense table and
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then the judge spoke with the jury who did say that they could not reach a decision. The judge certified a hung
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jury. Um, got the approval of that from both parties and Mr. Parkinson said that
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he was unfortunately going to have to retry the case. Um, I'm paraphrasing, but then
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uh I I the next several minutes are quite a blur because it was unreal and my husband wasn't coming
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home and the kids's father wasn't coming home and everything that we thought was
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going to happen that night and the next morning no longer existed. And I felt so empty and out of breath and the
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only thing I knew to do was to hug my kids and let them know that it was going to be okay and it is going to be okay.
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Um, we will continue to fight and I I refuse to let my husband be placed in a in a jail for something that he didn't
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do and a crime that was never committed.