The brief service had already ended when a small group of Allegheny County detectives and prosecutors gathered in a close circle on the grassy hillside.
Standing near Bella Seachrist’s small grave, mounded with fresh dirt and a thick stack of pink and white roses placed by mourners, they listened closely as Jennifer Carter quietly recounted the time she spent as Bella’s foster mom.
It was only six weeks, Carter recalled, but long enough to change her family…