A mother watches her daughter struggle in the water. She does not jump in. She does not call for help. She does not scream. She stands on the shore and watches. The daughter drowns. The mother says she froze. The prosecutor says she planned it.

The family was on vacation at a lake. The mother claimed she did not know how to swim. Witnesses said she had been a lifeguard in college. The mother claimed she was in shock. The prosecutor noted that she did not cry during the 911 call. She did not ask if her daughter was okay. She asked if she would be charged with a crime. The jury convicted her of second-degree murder. She is serving twenty years.

In this episode, I examine the case of a mother who let her daughter drown. The episode does not tell you what to think. It presents the evidence and lets you decide. Was she a terrified mother who froze in a moment of crisis? Or was she a cold-blooded killer who saw an opportunity to be free? The jury believed the latter. The mother maintains her innocence. Her husband divorced her. Her other children do not visit.

Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because this mother let her daughter drown. The question is why.

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