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Leaving aside that very religious people often commit murder, the use of “like us” here is telling. It is an attempt to confine Amanda to a context where murder is an aberration, unthinkable. In the context of the family, Amanda couldn't be a murderer. It was membership in a group, in their group, that made Amanda's guilt impossible for her family. The Gatti family would use a similar logic in their steadfast refusal to believe one of their own could take his own life.

Even Flavia, who gave no ground in defending her sister's innocence, struggled to understand Gatti's suicide. Nor could she understand what might precipitate the kind of fight between the two that would result in tragedy. “Sure they had fights,” said Flavia, “but he was crazy about her.” Amanda and Arturo didn't just have fights, though. To suggest as much was either naive or dishonest. The dysfunction in their marriage would come to light. And when it did, it would take more than character witnesses to see Amanda exonerated.