re: Derrick Todd Lee just died

Can't say I'm sorry to see him go.

DTL worked for a cement company and poured the concrete for my aunt and uncle's pool just a few years before the killing in BR started. My aunt stood in the yard and talked to him while he worked. She was floored when he was arrested.

I moved down the street from where Charlotte Murray Pace was murdered just a few days after she was murdered. I bawled the night before moving because I was so scared.

My best friend lived near Carrie Yoder at the time she was abducted. It was said that he would sit at that distribution building (I think it was owned by The Advocate) and stalk Carrie. I probably crossed paths with him on more than one occasion.

I knew two people that testified about his IQ/sanity at his trial.

Funny story about me from that time: Living in an area he frequented at that time, I always had mace on me. One morning I went out to my car super early so I turned my mace so I could spray someone if they came close to me. I didn't realize at that time that the mace was leaking and when I went back inside I put in my contacts. I woke my roommate up screaming bloody murder because my eyes hurt so bad.