... it is by no means the only one, Marsha's father and aunt run off together and Marsha wrongly accusses Mr. Green for the death of Boyd Ellison. Marsha's father had left before the summer Boyd Ellison was killed. The divorce had a tremendous impact on the whole family. Marsha's twin brother and sister spent the summer away on vacation and since Marsha had her ankle in a cast, she wasn't able to do things most kids did during the summer vacation like swimming. Marsha remembered "it was only after my father left and Boyd Ellison was killed that I started to wonder to myself what might happen next."(35) Since Marsha had so much time on her hands during the summer of '72, she seemed to fill the time with investigating who could have killed Boyd Ellison. She kept a journal of her thoughts and even goes so far as to keeping track of Mr. Green's daily routines. It could be ...

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