True Crime with Kimbyr - Mother of Three TAKEN While Bystanders Watch in Horror! She Was Murdered The Same Night: Part 3

Episode Date: July 30, 2025

Part 3 of True Crime with Kimbyr brings shocking revelations to the surface. Kimbyrleigha unpacks the evidence that finally cracks the case and reveals the terrifying truth behind Summer Cook’s abduction and murder. As investigators close in on the perpetrators, a story of betrayal, planning, and unimaginable cruelty unfolds. Justice is within reach but the emotional impact lingers. In this powerful conclusion, Kimbyrleigha honours Summer’s life and legacy while giving voice to the grief of those left behind. Don’t miss the final chapter of this unforgettable case on True Crime with Kimbyr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CSI teams meticulously examined the Crown Victoria, discovering that inside the trunk was a second GPS that had been completely wiped clean, so deleted. So clearly they took that one to other places that were now not accounted for on the previous GPS. There was also various tools in the car. The vehicle had four mismatched tires as well. And this strongly suggested they had swapped out these tires

in a deliberate attempt to eliminate forensic evidence. And what might that evidence? that evidence be, you might ask? The tire tracks the church. Maybe that was where they were headed when the original GPS wouldn't account for the location in those winding back roads. There were two main roads you could take

if you were going from the bank to Faith Tabernacle. One would be the obvious route, Route 33. The other would be a back road, backroads that connect. And if anyone would have known that route and traveled it many times, it would be the inmates. But we know that the church had already been searched. What about the... dense foresty area, the ponds.

That became their next focus. Along with, of course, going out to that auto parts store to inquire about whether the inmates ever came there. And what peaked the interest of the investigators was that the GPS also showed the car had been parked along a remote road for several hours before heading into the auto parts store. But it really wasn't an auto parts store.

It was Pearl Road auto wrecking and salvage yard in Cleveland. Okay, a lot different than AutoZone. Detectives went there. And they spoke to Rich Lenz who was on duty that day, and they got their next clue. He remembered Bill coming in and specifically asking to buy four used tires to replace the newer ones that were already on the Crown Victoria.

And this request stuck out to Rich. He thought it was strange. Of course, he was like, I'll take your money, buddy, but you want to replace these for ones that are in worse condition? Bill said he just wanted something fancier. So we took wheels with aluminum rims off of a car in the lot, and he swapped out his. Makes no sense. The detectives quickly understood why, though. The invents were trying to

dispose of evidence. Was it the tire marks at Faith Tabernacle or somewhere else that they wanted to distance themselves from? They wondered. Now following a lead from the GPS, detectives headed to that car wash. They pulled security footage and it captured the family's White Crown Victoria pulling into the lot early that following morning. The footage clearly shows Bill stepping out from the driver's side, Will, climbing out of the backseat and Sandy exiting the front passenger door. It wasn't lost on detectives and probably not on you either, that there are three of them. Witnesses observed three people in the bank parking lot during summer being taken. But summer was nowhere to be seen on the CCTV footage. But what investigators saw next

confirm their suspicions. On camera, Bill was methodically removing the car's license plate, thoroughly wiping down the outside and tossing things into a nearby trash bin. Additional footage showed Sandy meticulously vacuuming the interior and carefully cleaning the surfaces with cloths. The entire scene was unsettling. Just hours after summer vanished, the in-men's were systematically erasing every trace of evidence from their vehicle inside and out. But of course, this was all circumstantial. Could they possibly argue they were merely cleaning their car after a long drive out to Cleveland to look at homes, that they used the GPS to guide them,

erased it because the memory was full, and they just returned. But they have two, which is odd, and Occam's razor would lead most of us to believe they were hiding something, something to do with Summer. What did they do with Summer? That was the ultimate question, because Summer's family and the detectives were convinced

the inmates were involved. With overwhelming forensic, digital and surveillance evidence, now thoroughly dismantling the inman's alibi, The FBI quickly secured arrest warrants for Bill, Sandra, and Will. And on March 24th, just two days after summer went missing, authorities moved quickly before they would suspect they were coming. And they arrested the trio at the home of Bill's mother, 70-year-old Rosemary McKinnis in Jackson County, Ohio.

Poor Rosemary. Here she was, a devoted member of Faith Tabernacle Church her entire life, and just days before their arrests, she went to Sunday service. She was shaken, she was distressed, She went up to the pastor and she asked for a special prayer for her family for her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandson. Rosemary told the pastor, with her voice actually trembling, that Bill had claimed complete innocence, believing that the allegations against him were a test from the devil himself. The congregation prayed for this family, not only for the Inmans, but for Summer's safe return.

And immediately following their arrests, both William Inman II, that's Will. and his father, Bill Inman, Sr., appeared briefly in a Jackson County courtroom, and both men remained expressionless and silent as they formally waived their rights to an extradition hearing, and Sandy soon followed suit. She appeared quietly before a judge to waive her extradition as well, and by late Friday afternoon, all three of them were transported with heavy security to the Southeastern Ohio-regional jail in Nelson, Ohio. Their bond was set firmly. At $1 million each, they weren't going anywhere. But where was Summer?

That's when investigators wanted to know. And at this point, they were looking for a body. Although, of course, they were holding out hope that Summer was just locked up somewhere and still alive. But on March 29th, Sandy shattered that hope because she finally agreed to talk. Except there was one condition. Prosecutors had to promise not to seek the death penalty

against herself or her son. In return, Sandy would fully cooperate. She would help investigators locate Summer's body, provide detailed information about exactly what happened, and plead guilty, and build their case against Bill and Will. Damn. And by the way, I'm going to go into a little bit about why the public and others believe that Sandy cooperated the way that she did,

but we'll get into that later because it's more important to focus on Summer. And sadly, Sandy informed the detectives that she was indeed deceased, and that was crushing. But she wanted to make it clear that according to her, they never intended to kill Summer. Sandy insisted that the original intention was simply to manipulate Summer to scare her into submission. Sandy claimed their plan was to stage a confrontation,

to make Summer believe that she was being taken by dangerous people, and then they would isolate her. They would force her to reconsider the custody arrangement, giving the Inman family more access to their grandchildren. Sandy described it as just wanting to have a chance to talk mother to mother. In my opinion, and the detectives, she was trying desperately to frame their horrific actions as something from a place of concern, which I'm sure you see a pattern with this family. Sandy further explained to detectives that she and Bill had been deeply fearful of Adam Peters.

Adam Peters, a guy who hasn't done anything wrong, she was convinced he posted. a threat to their grandchildren. They were certain that Summer's new relationship with Adam were putting the kids in danger. And they used this fear as justification for what they were about to do. According to Sandy, she and Bill carefully plotted this whole thing together.

They went as far as actually purchasing the White Crown Victoria on purpose, almost identical to an unmarked police cruiser, and deliberately disabling the backdoor locks. Why? So that Summer couldn't escape when she was inside. Wow. Okay, that's just sick. These are sick people. That alone is so twisted. But she insisted that at first, it was all straightforward. They would pull up right next to summer in the alley behind the bank,

pretend to be police officers, and persuade her to get in the car so they could have a conversation with her. Yeah, because that's how police talked to an innocent person? No, this makes no sense. But she went on to say that things went wrong right when they arrived at the location because the parking lot was way busier than they expected. Of course. I mean, yes, it was like 11 o'clock at night. But remember, there were people jogging. There was a couple taking a stroll. There was Richard Leak nearby.

People were out and about. So she said she realized their original plan wasn't going to work. And Bill and Will adjusted their plans. They quickly put on ski masks, which I'm thinking, okay, that wasn't their plan, but they just haven't have ski masks with them. but they were supposed to be cops, but cops don't wear masks. So you see why the detectives were skeptical? But they concealed themselves in the bushes, waiting for Summer to appear.

And just moments later, when Summer stepped out of the bank to take the trash out, Bill and Will attacked her. Summer collapsed in fear and in shock, and she curled up into the fetal position right there on the ground. And without hesitation, and although Sandy said that Summer wasn't even fighting them at the time, Will stunned her with a taser. And then both men picked her up as her body was shaking

and threw her into the backseat of the Crown Victoria and slammed the door shut. Behind the wheel, Sandy sat waiting nervously. And recall, we heard from the witness, Kylie, that the driver did seem nervous by the way their body was moving and the way they were gripping the steering wheel. Sandy said as soon as Summer was inside, Bill told her to go, she stepped on the gas,

and she drove into the darkness. And inside that car, according to Sandy, The scene quickly went into panic mode and chaos. Summer was terrified. She was frantic. She was pleading desperately for her life. She was begging them to let her go. But they ignored her cries.

Will forcefully restrained Summer, binding her wrist tightly with three classic zip ties, leaving her helpless and unable to move. And then in a horrifying twist that Sandy described as an impulsive act from the panic and adrenaline, which was not planned, in her words. She said her son reached for another zip tie,

this time wrapping it firmly around Summer's neck. And immediately, Summer gasped for breath. Her eyes got wide. She was struggling desperately to free herself. And Sandy claimed they realized right away that the zip tie was dangerously tight, far tighter than they intended, but they didn't have anything sharp inside the car

to cut it loose. And that disgust me. Anyone who has ever used a zip tie, knows there's no turning back. Once you lace that one loose end into the clasp and pull, it's over. There's no loosening it. It doesn't go back. Sandy said they desperately tried to rip it off Summer's neck with their hands,

but the tie wouldn't budge. And she said, Will began to panic. His voice was shaking. He was telling Summer he loved her. He was begging his parents to help him remove it. But by then, the clock was ticking downward rapidly. Every second was critical she was dying. And tragically, San,

Sandy explained that Summer's struggle started to slow down, her gasp were getting weaker and quieter until finally, in less than 90 agonizing seconds. She was silent. Her life ended so quickly in that dark backseat of the Crown Victoria. But Sandy repeatedly insisted to the detectives that the killing was never intentional,

that it was nothing more than a horrific accident. But investigators that were listening to her story, and I'm sure you're thinking the same thing, They were deeply skeptical. It didn't line up. Why would Will place a zip-high around Summer's neck at all if their intentions were truly harmless? Why even restrain her if all you wanted to do was talk?

It makes no sense. And what they did next was equally horrifying. And almost as though this was all the plan. It was too perfect not to be. After they knew Summer was deceased, they got rid of her body. They drove those back roads from Logan to Faith Tabernacle Church up to the parking lot and through it and into the grassy area behind the church.

And of course, this area had been thoroughly searched. So where was Summer? Well, Sandy finally answered that question. Right there in the back of that church, where she and Bill said their vows, where Summer and Will met, where they also got married and promised one another

to love and honor each other forever? Sandy admitted she suggested hiding Summer's body inside the in-ground septic tank, a tank full of sewage and feces that was part of a concrete vault that hadn't been used in years. It is so beyond inhumane. It's disgusting. This tank sits underground and it's accessible only from a small hole, 20 inches in diameter.

I think you can imagine this was not easy to put summer inside. And it sadly reminds me of the horrific way Chris Watts chose to hide his children's bodies in the tanks at his job site. There was a cap on top of the septic tank that needed to be removed by taking out six long screws, after which they pushed and contorted Summer's body head first into that hole in the ground until she was out of sight. Then they covered the hole, replaced the screws, and left without any time to cover their tracks that they made in the ground with their tires, which is why they drove to the salvage yard to buy replacements. As soon as Sandy admitted this horrifying detail, she accompanied detectives right to the spot to confirm its exact location.

And after this, search teams, hazmat crews, they cordoned off the area with yellow tape. They covered it with the tarp to keep overhead cameras from snapping pictures, but news crews were already there. They were able to record the area that night. And News 5 reported on this tragedy. With the chief of Logan police, Aaron Miller, making a heartbreaking statement,

it seemed hard for him to even get the words out. This is the area in Athens County behind a church on Route 33, where police found the body of 20, 25-year-old mother of three, Summer Inman, sealed in a septic tank under the ground. It would appear that she was killed very quickly that evening. Well, the system is accessed. It has a cap over this septic system.

I'm guessing 20 inches around, maybe six Phillipshead screws that would have to be removed that were removed in order for us to gain excess. How deep the well. I'm not comfortable. I don't know how deep this. It makes me so sad. Imagine her family hearing about that, but of course they had already been notified

before the news was released. But just think about what happened to her. Think about that happening to a loved one. And that her estranged husband and family did this? That they killed your child for what? So they could gain access to the children that your child brought into this world? What the hell?

How does that even make any sense? What did they think was going to happen? That summer would just disappear that no one would ever find her or care, and that everything would be great for the rest of the Inman's lives? That night, the crews removed the screws. They pried open the lid, and the smell that came out from that tank. It was immediate and overwhelming. At first, no one could even see anything.

It was just layers and layers of thick black sewage, but then rising just above the surface was a socked foot that became visible. That was confirmation. At that point, the cruise stopped. And Josh Durst of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation came to the scene. Once he was shown that foot, floating inside the tank, recovery teams moved in slowly, carefully. They were using equipment to extract the sludge inside that tank without disturbing summer's remains. This process was difficult.

It was tedious and was horrifying. The image was devastating. This was a young mother whose kids had been waiting for her. to come home and she was stuffed in tight and she was stuffed inside of a septic tank discarded by people who once called her family dumped in filth hidden rotting to be forgotten but you know what she wasn't forgotten like the admins wanted and the investigative team they worked so hard to make sure justice was served once summer's body was removed crime scene technicians they photographed and they documented every single detail summer's hands were still bound with three zip ties

A fourth was cinched tightly around her neck. She was still wearing the same outfit she was seen wearing on the CCTV footage from the bank. Summer's body was then transported to the coroner's office for an autopsy. Her family, who had waited in agony for over a week, was notified, and they waited on news of how exactly she was killed.

So I think it is a good time to talk about the details of the way she was found, and what Brian DeCastow, who was the forensic pathologist, said, He was the deputy coroner in Montgomery County. He conducted the autopsy, and Dr. Castro confirmed there was absolutely no evidence, zero evidence, that that zip tie on her neck had ever been loosened or tampered with once it was tightened.

No marks from scissors, no slack, no signs that anyone tried to stop summer from suffocating, no marks on it at all. It hadn't been twisted, pulled, torn, or manipulated to reduce the tightness. The doctor also confirmed that Summer was dead within 45 minutes of being taken from the bank parking lot. This was a quick death from ligature strangulation. In addition, the doctor wrote in his official report, there is distinctly no evidence of aspired material within the upper airway,

meaning summer did not inhale any sewage into her lungs. This is consistent with her being dead before she was placed in the tank. He said Patikiye was present in her eyes and face, which is a sign of asphyxiation, and Summer also had additional zip ties around her wrists and scattered contusions on her upper and lower extremities. Another interesting fact that was clarified by this medical examiner was that Summer's hands were not bound together by a single zip tie instead.

He wrote, quote, extremity examination reveals each wrist to have similar appearing white plastic zip ties applied like handcuffs, which are linked right to left. Additionally, there is an additional loosely applied similar zip tie that surrounds both wrists. And when she was recovered, her purse was still positioned on her left arm. So essentially, she was zip tie handcuffed with her purse still on, put into that tiny hole with her purse on her arm. So even her purse had to be squeezed through

this 20-tiameter hole in the ground. And even after all of that, Sandy was still insisting that they didn't mean for Summer to die. She told detectives again and again, I love Summer like a daughter. But the evidence told something colder. They stalked her. They ambushed her. They dragged her into a car with disabled rear door locks. They'd restrained her and ultimately they killed her. And then they jumped her into sewage and drove off to clean their car. I mean, that could lead us to ask a very chilling question. How well do we really know the people that are so close to us? So at this point, I just need to recap before we wrap everything up and I explain what happened. strange husband, Will, 26 years old, his parents, Bill 47, and Sandra 46, were waiting in jail

for the next steps. While Summer's funeral took place at the first church praise and worship center, the very same church she and her family had attended for so many years. It was this haunting full circle moment for them. The service was led by the same pastor who married Summer and Will. Can you imagine? It's like, would you imagine that same person would be speaking? at your daughter's funeral. I don't even have to say this, but it was deeply emotional. Everyone was quiet, friends, family members, community members. They filed in.

They were really struggling to grasp how brutal this was, that this was Summer's reality. They weren't even able to understand how someone that they loved so much could be taken so cruelly. Her closest friends thought that this was all symbolic, that it was done on purpose, and it was as though the family, the internet,

wanted to send some kind of twisted message that Summer's life was disposable, but nothing could have been further from the truth. To everyone that loved Summer and knew her, she was irreplaceable. She was a devoted mother, a beloved daughter, and genuinely one of the kindest, most compassionate people they had never known. So it was a tragedy. Summer's parents took in their grandchildren, Alex Kaylee, and Alana, and they were giving counseling sessions on a regular basis. Now, I'm going to tell you more about them at the conclusion in this video, but now came time

for justice. During preliminary hearings, all three inmates pleaded not guilty, not surprising. Bill and Will were quiet. They were stone face. They refused to glance towards Summer's family. And Sandra, she did show emotion. At one hearing, there were tears that filled up her eyes as she looked over at Summer's family and she actually mouthed to them. I'm so sorry. So let me just backtrack. Remember I said there were reasons that the public thought that Sandy might have cooperated and, The reason was some people believe that she was also a victim of her husband, that she got into this marriage, thinking he was a godly man like everybody else. And although she loved him, she was also treated as a possession. She followed everything he said, and she was also a victim. You can take that as you will. I don't think after all the years that this went on, if she wanted to leave, she would have.

So I think that's a really sorry excuse. But, but I do understand that battered women's syndrome exists, that it doesn't have to be physical, that it can be emotional entrapment. I understand that. But I just don't think that Sandra can use that as an excuse to what happened. And by April 12th, she changed her plea to not guilty

by reason of insanity because she said around the time of everything that was going on, she was not in her right mind. Tell me what you think about that. Now, at the same time, there was another inmate that had been in a cell with Bill, and he said that no matter how hard they try, they'll never find her, as long as my boy and wife stay strong.

This was obviously before, so wrong. They did. They found her. So he was hoping that nobody would crack, but his wife did. And on June 15th of 2011, Sandra, sadly, attempted to self-exit by jumping off a second story. window of the jail. Now, she survived. She got treatment in a local hospital, but now they were really questioning her mental health. I mean, clearly, you know, something's going on here, but it could also be guilt. But she had to go under a full psychiatric evaluation. And at her next hearing on July 26, she was just rocking back and forth in her chair. You know, that's a typical action that either

genuinely, people that are disturbed by mental illness go through or people who are faking it and the state informed the court that she was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. Now I like to sprinkle in some positive things because this trial can be overwhelming. I'm going to be getting into some details, but in August of 2011, the community of Logan came forward and they did the sweetest thing to support this poor family and Summers three children. They organized a local toy duck race. I never even heard this before. Basically, everyone brought these little plastic ducks. They floated them down the hawking wherever and over 1,600 ducks were sold, which honestly is pretty amazing.

The organizer Angela Pippen said they didn't publicly announce how much money they actually raised, but everything went to helping out Summer's parents to raise those children. So it was just one of those moments where it showed how much people cared, how deeply this tragedy touched so many, but let's go back so we can finish talking about justice. In June of 2012, Sandra Inman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15. years to life for murder, along with a concurrent sentence for 10 years for kidnapping and three years for evidence tampering and one year for gross mistreatment of a corpse. She was weeping during her sentencing. Now she's going to be eligible for parole soon. We're going to talk about that

the end of the video, but her guilty plea came just before her scheduled trial date. By that time, Will had already received a sentence a life without parole, and his father requested a venue change? He was still fighting for his freedom. I mean, are you surprised? He said that the jury's not going to be impartial because there was so much publicity, same song and dance that everyone does when they're a defendant in a case like this. But Bill's trial finally kicked off in late January of 2013. He was facing the death penalty, so tensions were definitely running high. This courtroom was packed. Family, police officers, witnesses who had been through so much trauma were there again. All the eyewitnesses to Summers' kidnapping, including Kylie Helman, Emily Hedges, Richard Leake, and Rachel Sams.

They testified about exactly what they saw that night. Two masked men forcing a terrified female into the backseat of a white crowned Victoria while a woman drove the car. Yes, that came out as a fact. Adam Peters, Summer's boyfriend, also took the stand, and he told the court how they started dating not long after she filed for divorce in June of 2010. But the defense tried to challenge Adam's credibility by point. to that Facebook post, and it listed their anniversary as the exact same day she left Will. So he implied, no, your relationship started way before that.

I almost want to say who cares, but I know this is important. The facts matter. The jury also heard how messy things got after Summer and Will separated. But they also heard how Adam stepped up and he moved into Summer's parents' house when she vanished. And he was helping care for her children. But eventually he did move on. He moved away, he got a new girlfriend, you know, I mean, she died,

so you can't really blame him for going on and doing things. This was years later. But again, you know how it can look to a jury, but this is everything they were hearing. But as a trial went on, the defense attorneys worked so hard to create doubt, especially around the evidence that investigators had gathered. For example, Logan, police lieutenant, Greg Cluelly, he testified that the lid of the septic tank where Summer's body was found could only be opened with a Phillips head screwdriver,

But when detectives searched the inman's crown Victoria, they only found a flathead screwdriver. And I was like, okay, how easily could that be thrown out of a window as they were driving? But defense attorney Robert Toy argued this point so strongly, he suggested the missing screwdriver cast doubt on the prosecution's version of events, right? But prosecutors pushed back on that.

They were like, it's nearly impossible to search every road that the inmates drove down to find a screwdriver. And they had 180 pieces of of other evidence, they had 25 witnesses in total, and the defense made one last effort to separate Bill's actions from his sons. They actually asked the judge to let the jury hear transcripts from Will's trial, which I didn't even get into,

but I just told you life in prison. It was part of a transcript that clearly stated that Will not Bill was the one who tightened the zip tie around Summer's neck. It said, quote, the defendant, William Inman II, who we know is Will, hold that tie so tightly into Summer's neck that it left an impression, end quote. But the judge refused to let them read that transcript to the jury.

He allowed prosecutors to argue that bill helped put the zip tie around Summer's neck, but not that he physically tightened it himself. But the defense kept fighting. Another big argument revolved around the zip ties in another way, the ones that were used to bind her wrists. The defense attorneys were talking about how the DNA, you know, didn't you test for DNA? And Kristen Slapper, a forensic scientist, testified that they could

because they'd been submerged in sewage. They'd been ruined. Like, what do you not understand about this? But the defense attorney jumped on that immediately. They argued that, well, testing should have been done. The zip ties have ridges. They might have trapped DNA. That's your job.

That's what he said. He challenged her saying, that's your job, to analyze, not to assume. But you know what? It didn't matter because the prosecution reminded the jury that the crucial evidence was still missing. Some are shoes. But she was definitely wearing when she was taken, they were never found. The missing screwdriver.

This means that they hid evidence to cover their tracks. And on February 4th of 2013, the jury came back in just three hours. Bill Sr. was convicted on all charges. Guilty. They recommended life without parole. And the judge agreed. And later, Bill actually spoke. Yes, he did.

He went on the show, Killer Couples. I couldn't even watch him. I couldn't. I watched like two clips and I turned it off. He said, sorry ain't enough. He insisted they never meant for Summer to die, and he said, forgive us. But for Summer's family, those words are empty.

It means nothing. It's not going to take away their pain. If you love someone, you don't treat them like that. And he's going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. But Sandra will be eligible for parole next year in 2026 when she's 62 years old. Whether she's going to get released, that is still up in the air,

of course, but either way, the damage that she caused, that she helped cause, will never go away. Both Will and Bill, they tried appealing. Didn't work, thankfully. But I want to end with something positive as much as I can. I mean, it's hardly positive because of the circumstances. But after Summer's murder, her parents, Deborah, and Michael Cook stepped up.

They took full custody of Summers' three children. And one of the toughest things that they had to face was figuring out how when we were when to tell these little innocent kids the truth about what happened. And at first, they didn't talk about it. They tried to shield them from having more pain in their life, but for about six to nine months, they avoided any details about the tragedy.

But once the oldest child Alex started kindergarten, things changed. Some of his classmates had already heard what happened. So it made it impossible to keep quiet any longer, and the cooks realized they had no choice. They had to gently start explaining the heart heartbreaking reality. I can't even imagine, but I'm glad that they did not lie to them and said with the guidance from a counselor, Deborah and Michael carefully started answering the kids' questions in the simplest, most honest way they could. They gently explained that their parents, they were getting

a divorce, they were separating, their daddy got very angry. And in age-appropriate terms, they shared that Summer had died because of that anger, and that their dad, Will, and his parents, Bill and Sandra, we're now in jail. They made sure the kids understood that none of them could ever be hurt by any of them. And Deborah talked regularly with the counselors before these conversations, so she was making sure that they were truthful but gentle,

never giving them more information that they could handle. But still, the kids would naturally keep asking questions. And one day in Sunday school, during a lesson about healing, Alex asked a question. He said, why can't Jesus heal my mommy? When I read that, I was like, that is so sad. And Deborah had to do her best to explain telling him that summer had been gone too long. You know, some people can't be healed.

Things can't be changed. That's sad. Those wounds are deep. I mean, they really, really are. These poor kids. And they had to figure out what they wanted to call their grandparents. One of the children started calling Deborah Mommy. And, you know, I mean, you know, I mean, you know,

she stepped in and became a mom, right? But of course, another child, the oldest, Alex was like, no, you should be calling her grandma. But it was sad because they said, well, we don't have anyone to call our mommy then. I mean, this is just heartbreaking. These are the parts of the story that stick with me that I remember and I can't get out of my head.

And Michael struggled so hard with everything that the inmates did to his daughter. He remembered Sandra clearly as someone who was so kind and supportive. If you couldn't imagine this. And you always think about that. You're like, oh, I would have seen the signs, you know, but you couldn't wrap his head around it.

It was confusing. You know, the image you have of someone and them being the complete opposite, not just the opposite, but like pure evil. Deborah and Michael even thought about changing the children's last name from Inman to Cook. They considered moving out of Logan. But every time they would consider leaving,

someone from their community would say something so kind. They knew the story. They knew the family. And they had such good intentions that they wanted to be around them. I want you to remember Summer, because it's easy to remember the tragedy. Her life was about love, it was about family, and pursuing independence, something that was tragically taken from her. Her loss left behind not just a hole in the hearts of those who knew her,

but her three young children who now carry her legacy forward. Even though the legal chapter is over and the admins are behind bars, Summer's memory in that town of Logan, it continues, the memories that they share, the tributes, the online pages, the memorials, to everything about who she was. People remember the little things, how she always had a smile, her calm presence, her willingness to help whenever someone needed something. She was thoughtful, she was sweet, she was kind, and people grieve not just for what they lost, but for what Summer lost. She deserved a future. She didn't get that. There's so many opportunities that she couldn't have because of selfishness of other people.

So please remember Summer and I will see you in my next video. Bye.