His spirits were lifted . . . After all these years, there seems to be a good opportunity for me. I have drawn close to God and that seems to have been my best move. I'm not in prison for murder or rape. I used to be very bitter about this, but over the years I've put bitterness behind me.
Hate eats a soul up.
And I know that if I could not forgive them, God could not forgive me. I hold no bitterness for my in-laws. I forgave them and I have not heard from them since the trial. At the beginning of 1994 I received another letter from Dennis . . . Things did not turn out as well as I had hoped.