ralph candelario appeared to believe that his 3,300-word letter about the murder of his wife would be the accepted true account of that terrible event. but here s what pam s daughter, shannon, thought. it felt overly dramatic and really just glamorous that he was the victim of this. and that wasn t that made me sick. and angry obviously. yeah. her sister kelsey s interpretation? i thought it was very strange. i thought that he had some work to do on a story because it sounded really phony. entitled to their opinions, of course. but then so were the cops. recovered memory? no, said the cbi s jody wright. more like a cover-up. nothing in his statement matched anything that i knew to be at the crime scene.
she realized that she had given up her family, because she had destroyed this relationship with me and kelsey, and she s gotten into this new marriage, telling me that she just wasn t as happy as she should have been. lots of circumstantial evidence, almost enough. not quite. and then the antique rugs. i was searching the kitchen area and found in the washing machine two small size rugs. and the rugs were still very wet. and they were balled up to one side. but when ralph saw the rugs during a walk-through with the police, he didn t seem to recognize them. i mean, i ve never seen these rugs. the minute we heard he had never seen them, we knew the rugs had importance. we just didn t know how. they sent the rugs to the lab. and months later they heard back. what did you find when you tested them? pam s blood was found on the rugs. they had caught ralph in an obvious lie.
there were strict guidelines, of course, about beliefs, family, marriage, sex. there were no birthday or holiday celebrations, and they learned that members who commit adultery or who divorce can be cast out, shunned. shannon and kelsey s dad, jerry, didn t share the faith, but he respected pam. though he was never a real fan of home schooling. he wanted them to go to public school, but pam wouldn t have it. she always wanted us to be this tall and be her little girls. you know, she very genuinely loved us, and we were her world. you were her reason to be. yes, oh, yeah. but finally, when it was time for high school, pam relented. i think she realized that you can t control an environment for a child forever, though. what was it like to make the transition? it was a culture shock. it was different. i was there maybe a week and my
because i asked her if she was happy. what did she say? she realized that she had given up her family, because she had destroyed this relationship with me and kelsey, and she s gotten into this new marriage, telling me that she just wasn t as happy as she should have been. lots of circumstantial evidence, almost enough. not quite. and then the antique rugs. i was searching the kitchen area and found in the washing machine two small size rugs. and the rugs were still very wet. and they were balled up to one side. but when ralph saw the rugs during a walk-through with the police, he didn t seem to recognize them. i mean, i ve never seen these rugs. the minute we heard he had never seen them, we knew the russian had importance. we just didn t know how. they sent the rugs to the lab. and months later they heard back. what did you find when you
wife would be the accepted true account of that terrible event. but here s what pam s daughter, shannon, thought. it felt overly dramatic and really just glamorous that he was the victim of this. and that wasn t that made me sick. and angry obviously. yeah. her sister kelsey s interpretation? i thought it was very strange. i thought that he had some work to do on a story because it sounded really phony. entitled to their opinions, of course. but then so were the cops. recovered memory? no, said the cbi s jody wright. more like a cover-up. nothing in his statement matched anything that i knew to