Kirstie, who asked to be referred to by her first name because she feared speaking to the media might harm her case, fell in with the wrong crowd, and eventually they had her selling to pay for her drugs. Her sister admits she made a mistake but also urges compassion, explaining that Kirstie sank into a deep depression after her baby strangled on its umbilical cord and died during birth. Her sister, Kirstie, meanwhile, was packed in tight quarters with other women and didn’t have hand sanitizer or a mask. “If I was to get it, I would probably die,” she said. Pre-vaccine, Smith’s doctor told her to isolate by not leaving the house.
Both sisters, 41, suffer from sleep apnea, asthma, and high blood pressure.
When Covid-19 hit, Misty Smith became extra panicked about her twin sister, who was behind bars at a minimum-security facility in Alabama.
