Lessing’s Laokoon (1878)

It would take a trial to force out the truth about what happened to nine-year-old Lisa Clayton just miles from the famous New Orleans French Quarter. After Lisa is reported missing from summer day camp, the case explodes into a full-blown murder investigation when hunters find Lisaas skeletal remains. Prosecutors decide to bring the case to trial with just circumstantial evidence. It is an enormous gamble that pays off, since they are devoid of physical evidence to prove a murder occurred. The case hinges on a book bag, a mismatched pair of work gloves, a freight train, allegations of child abuse, and a reporteras unbelievable phone conversation with the suspected killer. Prosecutors successfully use the victimas autopsy pictures as a psychological mind game the killer can no longer endure. Under intense pressure, the suspect agrees to a plea bargain. The trial ends abruptly with an emotional guilty plea and a shocking confession from the victimas own father.