By Steve Huff
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What's the fallout been like for you? Have you heard from people other than the press, like investigators? How are you handling things now, almost two weeks later?
In the beginning, I was hounded by the press, people online, people in Purcell. I've received hate mail, but I've also received mail. I've talked to a Purcell detective, but that's really it.
How am I dealing with it? In a way, I'm not. I'm purely looking at this from a third person perspective. I am trying to distance myself from it, all the while researching obsessively. I want to know if there's any new information. Any new articles. Anything. I've found articles written about me, without my knowledge or consent.
I know that if or when the police release a list of people that he targeted (which I doubt they will), I may have to face it. I may be on that list. I'm trying to live my life as if it didn't happen, because I know that if I come to terms with it, I won't know what to do with myself.
I've also come to appreciate every moment of my life. Every day I wake up, I thank God for giving me one more chance. I cherish the people close to me. I throw myself into work, so I don't have to think about it. I guess that's just how I deal with something like this.
Is there anything you'd like to say to anyone reading this? Anything you'd want to say to Kevin?
I would like to say thank you to the people sending me well wishes. I would also like to say, just because I knew him, it does not mean that I'm associated with this horrible thing. A lot of people don't understand how it feels. It could be their neighbor, their son or daughter, their best friend. It came just as much of a shock to me, as it did to the general public.
I don't know anything that anyone else doesn't know. And if I do, it's just because of the obsessive journalist inside of me. I don't want people to look at me, like I could do this. I want to be able to walk into Purcell again, and not get stares from people, just because they saw me on the news. I don't want anything to do with it, frankly.
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