EPISODE 1294 / 02.25.26

The courtroom is hushed as Elly Vanderbilt takes the stand.

She appears composed, but only barely. Her shoulders are rigid, her jaw tight as if she could be bracing for impact. At the defense table, Travis Fisher sits beside Conrad Halston, with his hands folded atop the wooden desk and his face carefully neutral. Audrey Tam rises from the prosecution table and takes a few slow, deliberate steps.

Her calm voice commands the courtroom as she begins, “Ms. Vanderbilt, you previously gave a statement to police that you went to Loretta Ragan’s home on the night of her death?”

“Yes,” Elly says. As a lawyer herself, she knows enough not to offer any more information than is being specifically requested.

From our 20th anniversary in 2017:

Restauranteur Bill Fisher and his wife, Paula, raised four children in the scenic Northwest town of King’s Bay, Washington. Those children — Tim, Molly, Sarah, and Jason — grew up to have lives full of intrigue, passion, danger, heartbreak, and more. Since October 1997, Footprints has been telling the uninterrupted story of the Fisher family and their friends and foes… a story told in the vein of television’s great daytime dramas… a story with no end.