Text After Time of Death

On April 18, 2019, at 11:47 p.m., I received a text message from my

older sister, Emily Rose Carter, age 26. The message said: “He knows.

Don’t trust anyone.” Emily lived alone in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just six miles from

my apartment. I called her immediately. It rang four times. Voicemail. At 12:06 a.m.,

there was a knock at my door. Two officers—Detective Mark Holloway and Officer Jenna Ruiz—told

me my sister had been found dead on the floor of her apartment bathroom. Time of death: 8:32

p.m. No forced entry. No signs of struggle. No murder weapon recovered.

When I showed Detective Holloway the text message, he stared at my phone and quietly