Meanwhile, at the hospital, Sofia’s parents remained intubated and in critical condition. Doctors confirmed that the poisoning had been severe and prolonged, meaning the leak had occurred several hours before the report.
In the mid-afternoon, the investigation took a turn when they reviewed the security camera footage from the residential complex. At 11:46 p.m., a hooded man was captured on camera walking toward the family’s house. His face wasn’t visible, but his build and the slight limp on his right foot were.
What was most unsettling was his departure: barely five minutes later, the man hurriedly left the area. Too little time to tamper with a boiler and block a vent… but enough for someone who already knew exactly what to do.
That night, Morales returned to the house to check minor details.
Upon entering his parents’ bedroom, he noticed something he had previously overlooked: a small mark on the doorknob, as if someone had held it with a rough glove. There were no signs of forced entry, but there was evidence of outside interference.
“This was premeditated,” he murmured.
He returned to his vehicle, frustrated and worried about Sofia. The girl had shown a maturity beyond her years, but she was still a minor who, in less than 24 hours, had seen her life completely shattered.
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It remained to be discovered who the man in the video was, what his relationship was with the father’s debts… and, above all, whether the attempted murder had been a warning, a reprisal… or simply the beginning of something worse.
What the police didn’t yet know was that the real key to the case wasn’t in the cameras, nor in the tampered boiler, but in a children’s notebook that Sofia had kept under her bed. A notebook that contained drawings that, unintentionally, were practically confessions in the form of pictures.
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