Vicki kept the 1988 Cadillac DeVille and Charles the 1983 Audi 5000, Datsun Truck and utility trailer. Anita Romeo, the Seminole Presbyterian teacher, remembers that Vicki was glad once the divorce was settled. Mo. He declined to comment for this story. After the divorce, friends said, Vicki was left with little money. She was proud and didn't want to burden her parents with her problems.
Lush vegetation surrounds the property and it has a screened pool and lanai.
Vicki's friends say the divorce had a deep and resounding impact on Valessa. I tried and others tried, to be there as a Christian male presence in her life. I wish I could have done more. In 1994, Vicki began working at her daughters' school, Seminole Presbyterian. Vicki worked at various times as the nursery coordinator, child-care center director and bus driver.