For two weeks, the little girl did not wake up. Three more passed until she spoke. Before she was rushed to the hospital on Jan. 15, 2022, 4-year-old Bella Hopkins spent several hours bleeding, critically hurt, on her bed. Her mother, Mackenzie Hopkins, 24, was found dead that night. She had been beaten severely in her newly rented Kansas City home. In the 15 months since then, the Hopkins family has come to learn many of the haunting details behind the brutal attack. But, many questions linger — including ones that bring a mix of anger and sadness. Why did two Kansas City police officers who responded to Mackenzie Hopkins’ home on a 911 call stop at her door and leave without going inside? Was it after police left, and the alleged killer returned to the house, that he brutally attacked Bella? Could the officers who first responded have saved the mother’s life and prevented the child from being injured? The Star’s Bill Lukitsch dives into what went wrong. Read the full story at ...