What inspired you to explore the circumstances of your sister’s death all these years later?
~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine (question to Melanie Hack)

I had no closure after the inquest…the verdict was undetermined. I was deep in grief and needed an answer. I realized not all of the facts had been presented at the inquest—and some that were presented were incorrect or incomplete. I spent years going over all the police and medical files plus Cindy’s writings, looking for missed information.

I found new material – like the receipt for the groceries she purchased on the day she died. Police never found that receipt, speculating she’d purchased the nylon stockings wrapped around her neck at death. The receipt shows she didn’t…and shows where she purchased the groceries. It wasn’t where the police thought she had. It was confusing and hurtful to think there was so much more to the story than what everyone knew. I’ve always tried to be open-minded about the possibilities of what really happened. Was it suicide, assisted suicide or murder?

There were theories and speculation supporting both notions of suicide and murder being thrown around and amplified in the media for years—at the inquest, in magazines, in books and on TV shows but I wanted to find proof of any kind that could solve this mystery.
~Melanie Hack

Coming soon…”Did you know during those years before her death the true extent of the torture she was going through?”
~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend
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