When those vans split in the road…my heart. My. Fucking heart. This show was so heavy. Even with the inaccuracies, I still enjoyed it. I know the truth. WE know the truth. The show hasn’t changed how I feel. I still believe them.

I’m so glad they’re reunited NOW but they were separated for over 20 years. That was so damn wrong. They’re already spending the rest of their lives in prison. Why not let them be together, after everything?! That was the very least they could have gotten. The VERY least.

I hope they’re doing okay. Over the years since I found out about the case and absorbed all the facts and details I could, I have always found myself thinking about them. I went through the exact same thing in my house from 12-17. My father was exactly like Jose: a domineering powerful man who emigrated to this country and expected nothing less of us (his children). My mother was never going to leave him. So I thought of many things: telling the police. Killing him. Killing myself. Their story is identical to mine except for murder. But I get it. I get why they did what they did.