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This show contains graphic content that may be difficult for some listeners. Please listen with care. First jobs have a way of leaving an

impression on us. I was 22 when I got my first job in the late 90s,

reporting for an independent weekly in Memphis. My editor gave me

some advice that I've taken with me to every step in my career. He would always say,

remember when your your stories published, you get to walk away, but the people

you write about, their lives can be really affected by how you handle the story. So get it right, be fair.

Megan Hess and I are the same age, 47.

She was also really young in her 20s when she started working in the funeral business.

The place was a squat brick building close to downtown Montrose.

It was

Montrose Valley funeral home. There are two significant things about this early funeral job Megan had.

The first is who her boss was. His name was Frank Tucker. Frank's background I think is relevant to Megan's story. Frank actually started out as a district attorney in the 1970's.

The District Attorney specifically does not believe Ms. Lange's story that she was simply

showing, simply being shown that gun, no, absolutely not, this was not an accident.

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