As a court reporter at the Lehigh County courthouse, Christina Dormans watched true-life crime stories unfold every day. Her job required her to record every spoken word, every outburst, every sob, and then go back and transcribe the testimony, a task that would cement the grisliest details in her memory. So after Dormans retired, when her daughter confided to her that she was in a physically abusive relationship, Dormans was alarmed. “I told her, you know where I work and what I do. It’s going to escalate. It’s only going to get worse,” she said. “I told her to just get out.” The warning, delivered one year ago, went unheeded. And it was the last time Dormans saw.....MORE
