Searching for Karla Spivey – Part 2

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. This is the second of four posts about a search for some evidence. If you haven’t read the first post yet, you should probably do that before reading this one. Here’s a link, Part 1, Why I Searched for Karla. A Trip to Deep Springs In late-August …

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The Billy Gasnick Trial – Part 1

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Like almost everyone else in the book, the name Billy Gasnick is a pseudonym, but the actions described in this and the following posts are true to the best of my knowledge. The reason this story is mentioned in Aggravated is because Steve knew Gasnick, and that …

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More Characters and Other Stuff

I introduced you to the book’s primary characters and some of the locations in the posts, Name Substitutions and Deep Springs: Real vs. Fictional. In total, though, there are over 200 people, places, businesses, roads, and institutions named in the story, and (with very few exceptions) they aren’t listed by their real names. I couldn’t …

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