
1998年,18岁的珍妮弗在家中被步枪射击去世,而主要嫌疑人,她的哥哥梅森·詹金斯,逃离了犯罪现场。在试图编造故事掩盖真相之后,詹金斯被监禁了。而他的父母,面对失去两个孩子的现实,选择支持儿子的无罪声明,掩埋儿子的杀人动机。十年的拍摄,覆盖了警察询问的视频,家庭电影,并采访了詹金斯、他的家人和案件调查员,全面地呈现了这个家庭复杂的关系。导演卡斯特纳避免了哗众取宠,深挖谋杀之外的细节,展现了父母在最后关头的挣扎和内心的痛苦,詹金斯夫妇的原谅就像谋杀一样可怕。<br/> Eighteen-year-oldJenniferJenkinsisbrutallyshottodeathbymultiplerifleroundsinherfamilyhome.Themainsuspect:herbrother,MasonJenkins,whofledthesceneofthecrime.Afterfabricatingastoryaboutwhatoccurred,Jenkinswasincarcerated.Hisparents,facingthelossofboththeirchildren,chosetosupporthisclaimsofinnocence,ressingthedarksecretoftheirson'strueintentions.Concurrentlyshockingandheartbreaking,JohnKastner'sfinelycraftedmysteryslowlyrevealsthemanylayersofafamilydynamicthatbecomesitsownenigma,drawingfromadecade'sworthofcoverage,includingpoliceinterrogationvideos,homemovies,andincredibleinterviewswithJenkins,hisfamily,andthecase'sinvestigators.Withaskillfuleyethateschewssensationalism,KastnerdelvesbeyondthedetailsofthemurdertocapturethepainofpaternaldevotionasJenkins'parentsstruggletoholdontothelastshredsoftheirfamily.Ledbythebeliefthatone'schildrenarenotdisposable,theburdenoftheJenkins'forgivenessprovesasfearsomeasthemurderthatbegotit.