A TRUE STORY OF REVENGE, MURDER, AND TWO TEXAS SISTERS K A T H R Y N C A S E Y For my parents, Nick and LaVerne, with love and gratitude. Well, maybe there’s a God above But all I’ve ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you. It’s not a cry you hear at night It’s not somebody who’s seen the light It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah —“Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen Copyright 1985 Sony/ATV Songs, LLC Some names and identifying characteristics have been changed throughout this book. They include: Dr. Jim and Elaine Gable, Carol Freed, and Linda Purcell. Contents Epigraph iii 1 Violence can erupt at the quietest moments, in the most… 1 2 The halls of CMA, one of the three buildings that… 5 3 They were such a strange match that many would question… 15 4 Marriage doesn’t always bring with it imagined comforts: love, companionship,… 27 5 Virginia is a conservative state,” a refined man in a… 41 6 Im a very complex person,” Piper told Dr. Steven Welton, a… 56 7 Piper called me in the middle of the night,” says Tina.
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