Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal (49 page)

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Dolly’s beloved cat, Tabitha, age nineteen, who mysteriously disappeared from her apartment. Dolly was worried sick.

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Dolly Hearn, 1990. A beautiful, young woman, happy with her life, she was nonetheless often afraid of some unseen presence in the dark outside her apartment or beyond the lights on campus.

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Dolly returned to Washington for her brother Gil’s graduation from the Wilkes Academy, June 3, 1990. It was a happy occasion; Gil was valedictorian and their whole family planned a vacation at the ocean later that week. Left to Right: Carlton Jr., Dolly, Gil, Barbara, and Dr. Carlton Hearn Sr.

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Her roommate came back to their apartment on June 6 and saw Dolly sitting silently on this couch. She thought Dolly was pulling one of her practical jokes—but, sadly, she wasn’t. She was dead.

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A female visitor earlier that day glimpsed a man hiding in the guest bathroom beneath these stairs. Later, she wondered if Dolly knew he was there.

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A deputy moved this .38 revolver from where he first found it, making it impossible to reconstruct the crime scene exactly. It was Dolly’s gun, given to her by her dad for protection.

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Jenn Barber plays a bass guitar about the time she met Bart Corbin. She was tall, and lovely. He was handsome, witty, and fun to be with, and she fell in love with him.

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Jenn and Bart’s wedding on September 1, 1996, was everything she wished for. With her mother, sisters, grandmother, and niece.

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Jenn shortly after Dalton’s birth. She was ecstatic when she gave birth to Dalton. Two years later, she and Bart became parents of Dillon.

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Bart pats Jenn’s pregnant belly four months before she gave birth to Dillon.

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March 1999. Heather holds Dalton (left) and Jenn holds Dillon as they stand in Lake Arts, Narda’s gallery.

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Jenn with her two boys, whom she loved more than anything in the world. She didn’t like this picture because she had put on weight, but she soon lost it.