It does...I just finished it myself...Brings back lots of memories and filled in some gaps.
I first knew Joe back in the early 70s as late teens or early 20 somethings,when over the course of 2 summers,I,along with a few other friends would spend weekends camping/fishing at Homer Lake or sometimes on the banks of the Salt Fork River.The fishing was incidental to the partying.Around late night bon fires,we'd guzzle beer,tequila and whiskey,pass joints and share "magic shrooms".I met and knew Joe in those settings.
I moved to Colorado,the first time in '73 til '84,and never saw Joe again til after his ordeal and release.And only then,twice at a kegger/pig roast welcome home bash and then another later kegger/benefit and ran into him a few times in bars.
It isn't as if we were each others best man or anything like that.While I called him friend,I'm not sure he ever knew my last name and I don't think I knew his til he was first in the news.I didn't know,or had forgotten,about his other legal troubles.He seemed like a decent enough guy,in that he was easy to be around in those types of settings,never tried to scam me or steal from me,or anyone else I know,that I recall hearing about...Just thought I needed to clarify that,though don't ask me why...
The only other principal involved in the whole sordid mess,I knew personally,is Rick Gillespie.Knew him all through school,from kindergarten on, and he was married for a time to my brothers first wifes sister,who left him for continued heavy( heroin) drug use.One memory brought back,by the story you linked,is that as kids,his Mom forbade him to be around me,as she considered me to be a bad influence.Ironically funny,now, in a warped way. I'd also forgotten about his involvement,hiding the gun and all...
I apologize for drifting so far from the topic of the OP...This all brought back a flood of memories and I couldn't help myself...
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