Just watched this and it is so heartbreaking. Poor Suzanne, what a terrible life and death she had.
I feel so sorry for her mother too who received no support when she was desperate after losing her home in the tornado. Terrible indictment on “social care” services at the time. She cut a very tragic figure.
I struggled to understand the lack of empathy from Megan’s adoptive mother who basically blamed Suzanne - “she could have asked for help”. Gee, how is it that people are so clueless? The poor woman had been abducted and then systematically abused for most of her life. None of us can possibly know how it felt for her but I would wager that fear loomed large in her life. She did extraordinarily well to survive as long as she did, never mind to achieve so highly at school. What an incredible person.
I was also frustrated by the club owner who claimed to be sad for Suzanne but who pushed her further into his clutches by firing her and failing to alert authorities after he threatened to kill her and her tragic friend.
Plus she makes money out of exploiting vulnerable women so there’s that.
On the other hand, I was so impressed with her high school friend who stuck by her despite the chasm between their lifestyles, and who showed up for her in court. What a terrible trauma she endured too.
I guess I came away thinking that there are likely to be a lot of people who have been hurt by that monster and we probably don’t know about half of them.
Some brilliant work by law enforcement though sadly too late to save anyone.