Here is an excerpt from an email I recently received from someone who came across my website while she was searching for new information about my sister’s death:

“I was 13 years old and living just two blocks away from the scene back when her [Cindy James] body was discovered in that terrifying, awful way. I used to pass by twice a day on my way to and from school, often stopping to wonder what actually happened to her, what she was like when alive, etc. At the time, the story touched my best friend and I so deeply that we read and re-read everything we could find about her. When the police brought forth their suicide theory, we got so frustrated and enraged that one day the two of us went to roughly the same spot, laid down on the ground and repeatedly attempted to test out whether someone could actually tie themselves up that way.

“Over the nearly 20 years since then, though I never actually knew her, Cindy still keeps popping up into my mind now. Today when I drive by the apartment complex that has been long since built over top of the house and field, I can still only think of this location as the place where they found Cindy James, the pretty woman who seemed so sad and terrified, but had a quality in her eyes that hinted at her even more beautiful spirit and soul. The whole thing has always felt so haunting and tragic to me and I offer my deepest condolences to you and your family over her loss.

“I congratulate, admire, respect and thank you in advance, Melanie, for the bravery, hard work, dedication, love, suffering and determination that you have undoubtedly poured into this book, as well as into your website and Blogs. You are every bit as strong, courageous and caring as your sister appeared to be. I imagine her smiling down on you from the Heavens.”

In my next Blog I’ll share my response.

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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