She was like a rags to riches story.

She didn’t come out of any money
and was working as a hat check girl.

Then one day her entire life changed
when the founder of a multi-million dollar
candy enterprise checked his hat and
his heart with her and asked her out.

Eventually he proposed and she
accepted, and he showered her with
love and gifts. Because he was much
older than her, he died long before her,
leaving her a millionairess, but lonely.

A con artist who sold horses for far
less than they were worth, a scam, came
into her orbit and befriended her and
maybe more.

She vanished years later. The police
were certain she was murdered. They
arrested the con artist, believed he
knew who murdered her. And he went
to prison for many years and never
confessed that he knew who murdered
her.

And to this day the police don’t
know who murdered her either, and
probably will never know.

So sad that her life went from rags to
riches to no doubt a terrifying death.
At least for many years she lived what
must have been like a Hollywood movie
with a kind, wealthy man who loved her
and provided a great life for her.

Bob Boyd