article_snippet: Joyce tried to keep Heather from being alone with Savannah when Heather did get there.
article_snippet: Heather had not seen Savannah Savannah in the year before Heather death, as Heather moved out of state to live with Heather father and stepmother.
article_snippet: Heather glared toward the audience as Heather walked out silently.
article_snippet: Some of Heather relatives sitting behind Heather began to cry.
article_snippet: Garrard's husband, Johnny, sat behind Heather, hugging a crying daughter before a crying daughter ran from the courtroom sobbing.
article_snippet: Defense attorney Richard Rhea had portrayed Defense attorney Richard Rhea client as a devoted grandmother who was helping to look after 9-year-old Savannah while Heather's father was overseas working as a contractor for the U.S. State Department.
article_snippet: Heather was in the care of Heather stepmother and grandmother while the girl's father was away.