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The Taylor Behl Story
Regan Books
November 2006
On Sale: November 7, 2006
240 pages ISBN: 0061145955 EAN: 9780061145957 Hardcover
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True Crime
A true story of a devastating loss, a mother's love, and
the search for justice in the face of heartbreak On
September 7, 2005, at 3:30 in the morning, the phone rang at
the home of Janet Pelasara, in Vienna, Virginia. The call
was from a police officer at Virginia Commonwealth
University, where Janet's seventeen-year-old daughter,
Taylor Behl, had just begun freshman year. Taylor had not
been seen since Monday evening, the officer told Pelasara.
Within hours, Pelasara was on her way to the campus in
Richmond, and two days later her frantic search led her to
the door of the man who would later be charged and convicted
of Taylor's murder. His name was Ben Fawley. "You don't know
anything about your daughter," he said. "She's not the good
little girl you think she is." One night several
months earlier, Pelasara had walked into Taylor's room to
use her computer. Ben Fawley had been on-line, trying to
find Taylor, and Pelasara was quick to identify herself as
Taylor's mother. "Now that Taylor will be going to VCU, I
hope you will keep an eye out for her," she wrote. "She's
only seventeen and this is her first time on her own."
"I'll be glad to," Fawley wrote back. Love
you More is a story that will resonate for parents
everywhere. Each year, thousands of mothers and fathers
leave their children at unfamiliar college campuses, where
they are expected to begin the first phase of their journey
into adulthood. And each year, on the drive home, already
missing them, these same parents hope and pray that their
children will adapt and thrive. It is also a story
that will resonate for students everywhere. In this day and
age, where cyberspace has become the place to stay in touch
with friends and meet new people, we seldom stop to think
that we may be saying too much, and to too many. Before you
type that revealing entry, it's wise to ask, Who's watching?
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