Personal Writing: The Sightless Explanation

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difficult to view an elderly person living by herself with nobody to help her out. My family and I voluntarily felt inclined to donate our time to making her life easier when we saw she had nobody to care for her. She always had a caretaker that would help her with her daily tasks that she would pay lots of money to each day. I was skeptical the first time she asked me to stay with her, because of school, but I decided I would do it to be charitable. I would go over there at 6:30 each evening and leave at 6:30 each morning. I started in October, if I recall correctly. After that second night, weeks went by. Each night was desolate with nobody to talk to but Miss Singleton. I learned a few things by what she told me. She would talk about her grandchildren and her past with me. One thing I firmly remember is that she was David Smith's mother. At that time, a big controversy was drawn over the revolting actions of his wife, Susan Smith. It was a crime that devastated a small South ...

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for a red light. He then forced her out of the car and drove off with her two sons. The police then notified David, her husband of the shocking news. While the police and FBI searched the area, the boys' parents went on TV, pleading for their sons ' return. Hours later, Susan had helped police form a sketch of the suspect and advised a national manhunt. After days of suffering and sorrow, police began to question Susan's story. Nine days later, under persistent questioning, Susan finally admitted that she had sent the car into the lake. The little South Carolina town and the nation were astonished to hear who had really committed this vulgar act. Police then recovered the car, ...

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