Walter Virgil Starks was born on April 3, 1909. He was born to a farming family in the

area of Texarkana, and over time he would begin to go by his middle name, Virgil. During

his childhood, Virgil would meet a girl named Catherine Eilas Strickland, who went by a nickname

of her own, Katie. Like Virgil, she had been born in 1909, but a few months after him, on September

25. The two would remain friends throughout their childhood. As they began growing through adolescence,

their friendship took a more romantic turn. On March 2, 1932, when both were just 22 years old,

they decided to marry. They became Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Starks, and soon thereafter would move to a

modern, rant-styled house just northeast of Texarkana. This house, which was on a 500 acre farm,

would become the Stark's marital home. Virgil worked primarily as a farmer, but would occasionally do

some welding work for neighborhood farms. The home they lived in was just across the street from

Katie's sister, and was within two miles of both Virgil's brother and father. The couple would have no

children, but they lived a very comfortable life. They enjoyed one another's company, and they

grew to love each other dearly. May 3, 1946, was just like any other Friday for Virgil and Katie

Starks. Virgil, now 37 years old, called it quits in the early evening. Just before 9 pm, he was

finally getting to unwind and relax after an exhausting day. Virgil turned on his favorite weekly

radio show, and then sat down in his favorite chair in the family's sitting room, located just off

of the kitchen and the bedroom. As he listened to the radio, he began looking through the day's

addition of the newspaper. Katie brought her husband a heating pad for his sore back, and then

kissed him good night. She was tired, and began heading to the nearby bedroom to lie down for the

evening. She changed into her nightgown, and then laid down in bed, minutes passed. As Katie lays

there, she struggles to fall asleep. She hears some somewhat distracting sounds, which might have

come from the backyard, and she asks Virgil to turn down the radio. He gets up to act we ask,

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