A Betrayal Of Hearts & Knives

Rome, Georgia, lies in Floyd County in the north-west corner of the state, roughly an hour and ten minutes from Atlanta. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Her parents divorced while she was at elementary school and her father died when she was thirteen, leaving her the youngest of three children and the only girl, doted on by her mother and two older brothers. She was a pretty, outgoing cheerleader at Pepperell High School. In 1985 she spotted Thad Reynolds, the football player who wore number 15, and the two became the golden couple of their year. Their first date was a tractor pull in Atlanta followed by dinner at his family's house, where nerves made her sick. In January 1986 he gave her his class ring; ten minutes later, as they watched television, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. They were homecoming king and queen, graduated in 1986 and married on 15 August 1986 at Hollywood Baptist Church, choosing the date because it matched his football number. They were barely out of school.

Within two years they had bought a house, a camcorder and a cruise, and in March 1991 their first daughter, Olivia, was born. The marriage was less happy than it looked. this part of the story is covered for now Thad took it badly. He rented a small apartment, sat in the dark in a closet praying for his wife to return, and stood up in church asking the congregation to pray for the same thing. In 1997, after four years apart, they went to counselling and remarried, repeating the wedding at Hollywood Baptist Church with their daughter present. Church members helped them build a house on the same plot of land as Thad's parents, and three more daughters followed.

Thad worked his way up to district manager at Frito-Lay. He sang in the church choir, served as a deacon, and told people his real ambition was to be a missionary. The family homeschooled the girls to shield them from the secular world. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it A plan to buy a resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, fell through when a higher offer arrived, and Thad returned from a missionary trip to Cuba wanting to quit his job and 'see where Jesus leads me'. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed They exchanged emails, including explicit ones, and talked about running away to Portland, Oregon, using the city as a code word in front of other people. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

Her language became less direct and more pointed. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed On Friday 2 July he waited outside a restaurant for Thad but could not go through with it. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it On the Sunday evening before the murder he emailed her to 'stop me if you have any hesitations'; she replied that she was ready, told him to be observant of his surroundings and careful, and said she could not wait to be his bride.

Before dawn on Monday 5 July 2004 a driver arriving at the Frito-Lay distribution centre in Rome saw a man in the doorway of the office, then watched him take off his shirt beside a red minivan and drive away. Inside, the employee found Thad Reynolds on the floor, stabbed about nineteen times. He was pronounced dead at 6.27 a.m. There was blood inside and outside the entrance. The weapon was gone, a sheath from a hunting knife lay near where the minivan had been, and a pair of prescription glasses lay on the floor. The sheriff said the county normally had about two murders a year.

this part of the story is covered for now He said he had injured the hand lifting weights and had left the glasses at the gym. He drove a burgundy minivan. A man who worked on the phone systems at Floyd Medical Center then called the detectives. He monitored the hospital's email and calls as part of his job, had watched the affair develop for months, and handed over the emails after hearing that police were looking for a burgundy van. The emails had not been deleted. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He denied the affair. When Page asked whether he knew anything about the murder, he replied, 'Do you realise what you're asking me?' He agreed to a search of his van.

this part of the story is covered for now Security footage from Kmart showed him buying the knife. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Thad's parents took in the four girls, who were thirteen, seven, five and two.

this part of the story is covered for now They talked about getting married and asked each other how Portland was this time of year. details of the account remain covered until revealed Police also learned that Thad's insurance policy would pay her about $250,000.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In 2008 the evidence was admitted. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In her statement she said that morally she was responsible because without the affair none of it would have happened.

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed In September 2014 a judge allowed her eldest daughter, by then over eighteen, to visit her if she wished; the younger three were barred until they turned eighteen. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now