Just gonna get it out of the way now. This is a long six part article. It took me almost an hour myself and I read quickly (/humblebrag).
That said, it's an exceptionally engrossing story of an extremely petty act of attempted revenge and how it ruined two families.
Framed: She was the PTA mom everyone loved. Who would want to harm her?
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-framed/#chapter1
A good read!
Sickening though, that so many lives wasted just because of the misinterpretation of one word and the perceived offense that caused?
Like the book says; "How to not sweat the petty stuff. (And it's all petty stuff.)".