We all love to talk about all of the things we’re going to do to better ourselves… all of the changes we want to make. Maybe we’d like to focus more on our families, start a business, or go back to school. Whatever the case, these aspirations often remain nothing more than that… aspirations. We put them on hold for so long that we forgot about them. This is the story of 26-year-old Laura Ackerson, a young woman who was taking those steps. She was determined to build a brighter future for herself and for her children. But just as it was starting to take shape, that future was cut short.

SOURCES

Phone interview with Grant Hayes

State's opening statements in Grant Hayes murder trial

Trial Testimony (Day 1 pt 1)

Trial Testimony (Day 1 pt 1) Chevon

Trial Testimony (Day 1 pt 2) Heidi Schumacher

Trial Testimony (Day 2 pt 3) Detective James Gwartney, Kinston PD

Trial Testimony (Day 2 pt 6) Oksana

Trial Testimony (Day 2 pt 8)

Trial Testimony (Day 4 pt 3)

Trial Testimony (Day 4 pt 5) Shelton Barry, Amanda’s nephew

Trial Testimony (Day 4 pt 6) Kim Oreskovich, CSI with Fort Bend County S.O.

Trial Testimony (Day 5 pt 1) Kim

Trial Testimony (Day 5 pt 5) Brian Davis, dive team

Trial Testimony (Day 5 pt 6)

Trial Testimony (Day 8 pt 8) John Sargeant, Laura’s custody attorney

Trial Testimony (Day 10 pt 2) Dr. Deborah Radisch

Trial Testimony (Day 10 pt 3)

Trial Testimony (Day 10 pt 7) Randy Jenkins, Restaurant Owner

Trial Testimony (Day 10 pt 10) Karen Berry, Amanda’s sister

Trial Testimony (Day 11 pt 2)

Trial Testimony (Day 11 pt 3)

Trial Testimony (Day 11 pt 4)

Trial Testimony (Day 11 pt 5)

State closing arguments, pt 1

State closing arguments, pt 2

Missing mom case leads detectives to Texas (press conference clip)

Grant Haze -Are You Still W/ Me?

LA bound int Part 1LA bound Part 2

LA bound int Part 4

LA Bound Part 5

MUSIC

Awakening (Fuzit) - Monom

Trail Of Tears - Rhonda Lorence

The Silent Scream - Ion

All We Can Do - DP Kaufman

Prism - Robert Rich

Voices of Hope - Vasily Boykov

Echo II - Robert Rich

Point Line Plane - Robert Rich

Morebit (Mrigz n Ghet) - Monom