I'm Kristen Ceevy. This is Murder She Told.

This is part two of the Mary Tanner story. If you haven't listened to part one, I suggest

going back and starting with that one first.

On Saturday morning, Charles Sr. woke up to the loud sound of birds chirping and someone

mowing the lawn. He looked at his clock to find it was well past 5 a.m. and Mary hadn't

woken him for the drive to Waltham. Groggy, Charles forced himself out of bed to see if

his daughter had made it home. But she wasn't curled up in her bed or making coffee in

the kitchen. He knew how important it was to marry to get down to Massachusetts so he figured

she must have gotten a ride the previous evening.

Meanwhile in Waltham, Michael Higgins was burying his younger brother, Tommy, who was just

18 years old when he died earlier that week. He was thinking back to Monday, July 3rd,

the day of the accident. Michael was driving right behind his brother on the main turnpike

as they were all headed to Kennybunk to attend a party. Tommy and his friend Bobby, who

was with him in the car, lost control of the vehicle and hit a guardrail. The force

of the crash ejected them both from the vehicle and they died on impact. Michael had gone

to Glenmore to see Mary and she comforted him. They spent the evening together before

his friend's father gave Mary a ride home. The next morning, which was the 4th of July,

Michael went to church. After the morning service, he went over to Mary's house and spent

time with her. He recalled the warmth of her mother, Shirley, enveloping him into a

big hug. He kissed Mary goodbye and he had no idea it would be the last time he would

see her alive. He left from Massachusetts that day. On Thursday, he called Mary with the

details of the funeral and she told him that she would be there on Saturday, but Mary hadn't

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