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including frank discussions and displays of emotion surrounding that loss.

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From the Toronto Star, I'm Kevin Donovan,

and this is Death in a Small Town, Episode 5, A Mother Fights Back.

I want you to hear a story a cop told me

when I was just starting out as a reporter.

It's the story of the man in the cemetery.

There's his husband and wife, Jenny and Michael.

They have a good marriage, but every month, around the same time.

Michael leaves on an overnight business trip. He always acts odd before he leaves. When he comes back, he's his normal self,

maybe even a bit happier, more at peace. After one trip, Jenny finds a receipt for flowers

in Michael's coat, one for a bottle of wine, too.

She starts putting things together and decides he's cheating on her.

Jenny hires a private investigator.

When that monthly business trip rolls around again, Jenny kisses Michael goodbye.

Her investigator, he's waiting. He tails Michael to the

next county, sees him buy flowers at a shop and a bottle of wine, then heads across town to an area

with a strip of seedy motels. Gotcha, the investigator thinks. He calls Jenny, says he's on to something.

"'But Michael drives by the motels and goes out into the country

"'and into the gates of a cemetery.

"'The investigator watches from a distance.

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