“The truth needs no defence.” Eckhart Tolle A New Earth
While at the book signing in Elkins several relatives of the victims in my book The Chaparral Murders arrived at Main Line Books to express their outrage that an outsider, myself, would dare to write about their family without including the views of all family members. An investigative reporter from the Elkins InterMountain newspaper was also in attendance. The reporter had written a feature on the murderer case which appeared in the February 23 edition. That story also garnered their criticism.
It is understandable that the public airing of one's family tragedy might generate indignation, particularly if it did not include one's own take on those events. The writer is in the uncomfortable position of offending those she is hoping to help in her attempts to flush out the facts and hopefully the truth. The dissenting opinions were duly noted.
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