Day 7 – Tuesday, July 10, 2007


NOTE, from KATHIE to RACHELLE

(Left on Rachelle's desk from the night before)

Rach,

A few things for you to do/know before I head out of town for the week:

Jay will be by this afternoon to pick up his check. It's locked in my top desk drawer.

Give pest control a call and have them come out today. I heard scratching noises in the walls again last night so we've probably got mice again. Let's get it taken care of before it has a chance to become a problem.

Finally, I filled both positions yesterday, but I won't be here to train them so be a doll and show them the ropes. Sam Wheeler will be coming in at 8:30 Wednesday to be with you in the office and Dean Womack at 10:00 to observe in Colleen's classroom. Have him observe first and then start him as the Aide on Thursday.

Call me if you have any problems.

Kathie


STICKY NOTE, from MIKE to KATHIE

(Left on Kathie's desk)

Checked all fluorescents in P2, couldn't find anything wrong. Ballasts may be going bad.


NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

The Little Rock Capital Journal

NEWS

POLICE SEEKING MISSING PRESCHOOL TEACHER FIND BODY

By Robert Turion

Published: July 10, 2007

LITTLE ROCK, AR – It was supposed to have been Jody Murrow's wedding night. But hours after the Preschool teacher was to be married at St. Peter's Church of Christ on June 28th, family members became concerned when the she went missing.

After weeks of no word, investigators found a body dumped in the Arkansas River near where she was last seen alive.

While the remains have yet to be identified, Greg Eddison, the Little Rock Police Chief, said the authorities were assuming they were of Ms. Murrow, a 26-year old expecting mother and bride to be. The discovery appeared to have ended a 2 week long search for Jody that began with speculation of a runaway bride but quickly gave way to near certainty that a crime had been committed.

The authorities have not identified any suspects, but Murrow's disappearance recalled a disturbing case from December of 1998: the sudden death of Tarrah Quentin, 32, another employee of the ABC Academy and Learning Center whose body was found near the Arkansas River not far from the school; that crime remains unsolved.


TEXT, SAM WINCHESTER to DEAN WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:19 PM

They found Murrow's body. It's all over the papers. We should hit the morgue.


TEXT, DEAN WINCHESTER to SAM WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:22 PM

cant. got that meeting wit police chef 3.


TEXT, SAM WINCHESTER to DEAN WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:26 PM

I'll cover that. You get a look at the body.


TEXT, DEAN WINCHESTER to SAM WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:29 PM

why i get the stiff?


TEXT, SAM WINCHESTER to DEAN WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:31 PM

You're closer.


TEXT, DEAN WINCHESTER to SAM WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:34 PM

u have the car


TEXT, SAM WINCHESTER to DEAN WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:36 PM

Its your turn.


TEXT, DEAN WINCHESTER to SAM WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:39 PM

bitch


TEXT, SAM WINCHESTER to DEAN WINCHESTER

Jul 10 2007 2:40 PM

Jerk


COLLEEN GRAHAM'S Diary

July 10, 2007

Dear Diary,

Oh my god. They found her body. Jody's gone. She's dead. I can't believe it! She's really gone. They found her in the river. Brendan said he heard she'd been strangled. Oh God…

It's so hard to believe. I mean, I just saw her the night before her wedding. She was so excited. Poor Jody. And her family…

God…Jody.

I guess I knew all along she wouldn't run away. It's so sad. She had her whole life ahead of her. Getting married, a baby on the way…it makes me want to go home and just hug Brendan and A.J. Not sure if I'll ever let A.J. out of my sight again after this.

The rest of the day was a blur. Jackson had another accident right before lunch, but I was so out of it I just grabbed his spare clothes and changed him without really thinking about it. Then the power went off, which freaked all the kids out. Trying to calm them down after that scare was near impossible.

Rachelle stopped by to see how I was doing this morning and to give me the good news. Apparently, Kathie did hire me temporary teacher aide to help me out until Nidia finishes her schooling at the end of the month. He starts tomorrow. Yeah, I said "he". I'm not really sure how I feel about it, not saying a guy can't be a good teacher, but I've never worked with one and they're rare in the Preschool field. It'll definitely be interesting. He's observing in my class tomorrow, so I hope I'm a little more with-it by then. All I want to do is sit at my desk and cry.

It's been a really weird day. On top of everything else, I think Renee might be sick. I don't want to pry, but I caught her dry heaving in the bathroom yesterday morning, and then again this morning. That's two days in a row now – round about the same time. I offered to call Nidia down to cover her class for a few minutes so she could take a break, but she insisted she was all right so I didn't push. I don't know if I should worry. It could be nothing, and like I said, I don't want to pry, but I am going to see if she'll talk to me at naptime again today. Maybe she just needs a friendly ear, and it'll distract me from thinking about Jody.


EMAIL, RENEE JORDAN to ELIZABETH JORDAN

-Original Message-

From: renee jordan

To: Beth Jordan

Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:32 PM

Subject: Hey Ma

Ma,

Do you know where we packed my umbrella? I can't find it and it's supposed to be rainy this weekend. Doesn't surprise me that it's lost in the masses here. Up until tonight I couldn't even find my curling iron or my hair clips. Remind me next time to not let dad help pack. My hair stuff was crammed into one of the kitchen boxes, wedged between the spaghetti drainer and some pots and pans.

Slowly but surely I'm getting everything organized. I've already finished the bedroom and the bathroom, and the living room is coming along nicely. I can't wait for you to see it. I hung up the painting Grandma gave me right above the cute little fireplace. Did I tell you I had a fireplace? It's not real, but it looks like it. Dad would be jealous – all I have to do is turn a little knob and the fire comes on. No ashes, no mess.

Anyway, I'm glad to finally be sitting down. I've been kind of on edge all night and I think I just need to chill out. I don't know how many times I've jumped at the slightest shadow tonight, or been startled by Gypsy or scared myself silly whenever I hear the slightest creak. Maybe it's the job. Don't get me wrong, I still really like it, but something seems a little - I don't know - off to me. Like how I can, in a room full of a dozen 3-year-olds, feel like someone is watching me. It's creepy.

I guess they found the body of the girl who had taught in my room before me. As if that alone wasn't enough to freak me out, something really weird happened today during story time. I was reading Felix Fox and Max the Ox when the lights just went out. Of course it scared the kids and I spent the next few minutes trying to keep them calm, but then my door just opened. I thought it was Rachelle coming to check on us so I asked what was wrong. I swear I saw somebody there standing in the hall, ma, but no one answered and when the lights came back on there was no one there. I talked to Colleen later, thinking it may have been her trying to figure out what was going on with the power, but she told me that one of her kids had an accident and she'd been in the bathroom changing his clothes.

And before you say anything, no, I'm not going crazy :P It's probably a lot of things – the weird stuff aside, I'm really tired all the time, which the doc says is normal, and on top of that I'm adjusting to these new hours and a whole new lifestyle on top of that. I'll get used to it. I still think this is the best thing for me. I'm gonna head off to bed now. Love and miss you and daddy.

Renee