By David Lohr
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On an Internet message board maintained by the Palladium-Item, a user identifying himself as Jason Truitt, the online editor, explained why his paper did not initially cover Erin's death.
"When we received the obituary from the funeral home for the sister who died first, it struck the person who received the fax as curious," Jason wrote. "A phone call was made, and we were not given any indication that the death was of a 'suspicious' nature ... For us to report it, it must come straight from the main source, the Centerville Police Department, and they weren't talking. All of our questions were being diverted to Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Shipman. He refused comment..."
So while some members of the media found news of Erin's death suspicious, it went widely unreported. However, everything was about to change.
On September 7, the top headline at Whiotv.com read, "Police: 2 Teens Found Dead In Same House." The article went on to say:
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| Kelly Stanley |
"Officers with the Centerville, Ind., police department rushed to a house in the 700 block of Elm Drive around 8 a.m. Friday morning ... Authorities said a 911 call came into dispatch on Friday morning, reporting an unresponsive teenager."
According to police, Kelly was already dead when they arrived on the scene. Unlike Erin's death, police did not hesitate to label her sister's as suspicious.
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