Entitled Mom Thinks She Didn't Do Anything Wrong When Son-In-Law Found Dead

September 6, 2026

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In a police interrogation room, a detective tells Brenda that her car—a Honda Civic she’d bought cheap for her daughter Ashley years ago—was found abandoned near a park in Hilliard. Inside the trunk was a body. The detective says he knows it belongs to a young man named Andrew Sorenson. He knows that Brenda’s fiancé, John, killed him. And he wants Brenda to tell him what happened.

The detective has been working the case since the car was discovered on October 22. He’s processed the vehicle for trace evidence, biological material, and fingerprints. He’s talked to people. He says John is already in custody. But he also says he understands the anger. Before he reveals the body, he spends hours letting Brenda tell the story that led to this moment—a story about her daughter Stephanie, a brain surgery survivor, a settlement check, and a predator named Andrew.

The daughter who was sold

Brenda’s youngest daughter, Stephanie, had a rough start in life. She suffered from severe seizures—two to twenty a night—until she had brain surgery at age sixteen at Seattle’s Sacred Heart hospital. The surgery removed a portion of her brain and stopped the seizures, but left her with cognitive side effects: she loses phones, loses her way, and is easily manipulated, according to Brenda. “She’s a very pretty girl but she’s very easily manipulated,” Brenda says.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:29) **Interview Begins: The Honda Civic Purchase** - Brenda explains the timeline of buying a cheap Honda Civic for her daughter Ashley, registering it in her own name, and the family's vehicle situation.
2 (08:56) **The Disappearing Truck and Car** - Brenda describes a separate incident where a gifted truck vanished from her property, and she reveals she never saw the Honda Civic again after it disappeared.
3 (14:46) **Family Background and Stephanie's Introduction** - Brenda outlines her family structure and introduces her youngest daughter, Stephanie, and how she met the man named Andrew.
4 (22:52) **Stephanie's Medical History** - Brenda explains Stephanie's severe epilepsy, brain surgery, and the resulting side effects that made her vulnerable to manipulation.
5 (26:10) **The Seattle Disappearance** - Brenda recounts how Stephanie went missing with Andrew and the frantic effort to locate her after a distressing phone call.
6 (34:54) **The Rescue from Seattle** - Brenda describes the drive to Seattle, finding Stephanie beaten and vague, and the horrifying truth that came out on the drive home.
7 (46:09) **Aftermath and Failed Justice** - Brenda details the immediate response, the hospital visit, and the frustrating lack of police follow-up on Stephanie's trafficking.

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Entitled Mom Thinks She Didn't Do Anything Wrong When Son-In-Law Found Dead

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