the only people i felt any real sympathy for in this other than the victim was belinda's niece for being allowed to and then pressured to catfish a potential suspect in her cousin's murder USING SAID COUSIN'S FACE AND GENERAL PERSONALITY, and julio heredia's sister. and a tiny bit for jokes experiencing what had to be the most upsetting catfish reveal ever, but also not really. that's it. everyone else in this piece was either somewhat easy to empathize with if i tried or they were just downright awful.

also: this was laid out in a way that unnecessarily makes belinda being a meth addict and dealer up until the very night of her daughter's death something of a slow reveal, like she was somehow more palatable with less of this information revealed? i'm gonna say she was never palatable.