Part Two, Chapter 13 Summary

Lizzie is the first witness on the stand. Lizzie runs through the first morning on the farm, the discovery of the baby's body and Katie's fragile medical condition that same morning. Lizzie goes on to describe her investigation, including the fact that Katie often visited her brother in State College and the fact that Katie's longtime boyfriend openly admitted to not being the baby's father, thus suggesting a motive for murder. Ellie cross examines Lizzie, putting holes in her theory by suggesting there were better places for Katie to hide the baby's body and dismissing a footprint found near the body by suggesting it was put there by the boy who found the body.

An emergency room doctor is the next to testify, telling the jury about Katie's medical findings the morning the baby was found. During Ellie's cross...