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Despite hearing the words coming out of his mouth, she knew what he was saying was not true. He had a way of speaking rather “cryptically, so only he and one other person would catch the gist of the conversation.” Maybe, she thought, that’s what he was doing when he claimed to be adopted. Yet, she never called him on it. She merely wrote it off as one of Bart’s eccentricities, and that he was simply being a goof. Besides, she knew Bart loved his family dearly and would do anything for them. Though they did not speak about their families very often when together, Lynne always noted how Bart seemed very close to his. He told her he worried about his little brother, Kevin, who always seemed to struggle in school. Bart was worried Kevin would not graduate and make it to college and become successful. He was “very protective of Kevin.” Lynne also believed that Bart got along just fine with his parents and never noticed any “ill will” expressed toward them. He definitely “never expressed any violent or hateful comments about anybody in his family to me,” Lynne emphasized.
    Bart and Lynne spent most of their time basking in each other’s glow. She did notice a few other not-quite-normal character traits about Bart, which she thought nothing of at the time. The main one being that she believed Bart was a good manipulator. Lynne described Bart as someone who can “convince people to think the way he wants to, or believe the things he wants them to” believe.
    Lynne also made note of the type of people he befriended. It was “usually people with low self-esteem” or “people who didn’t think much of themselves.” She never considered herself to fall within that category.

12
     
    July 1997
Clements High School
Sugar Land, Texas
     
    Bart Whitaker spent his summer before his senior year at Clements High School, literally inside Clements High School. Regrettably, it was not under the best of conditions.
    Bart and two of his friends decided they were up for a Nietzschean adventure. The three teenagers felt bored and wanted to cause some mayhem. Led by Bart, they agreed they would break into Clements High School for a little vandalism and theft.
    Bart and his friends gathered together at Bart’s house to discuss the reconnoitering of the campus. Once they agreed that they should enter the building through a skylight in the roof, they took off for the school, beginning their “mission impossible.” The three teenagers scouted the location two times before they decided to proceed forward with their criminal activity.
    When they finally went through with the burglary, one of the friends had dropped out. Bart and the one remaining friend dressed all in black, with gloves and masks—the works. They made their way to the campus, scaled the side of the building, crawled through the skylight, and entered inside the school.
    Bart and his friend scampered around inside the building. Bart’s friend seemed nervous, while Bart remained a beacon of calm. As they worked their way around the school’s interior, they found the mother lode—a classroom full of audio-visual equipment. VCRs, television sets, laser disc players, and computers were at their disposal. Bart honed in on two computers, which he and his friend packed up and readied for transport. As the two boys rolled the computers toward the exit, Bart heard a large door slam closed. Bart looked at his buddy and motioned that they take off without their bounty.
    Later that same night, Bart convinced his two friends to go to the school to complete the burglary. Like good foot soldiers, they did as they were told. When they met up with Bart to show him their take, he was pleased.
    But Bart wanted more.
    The three boys continued their illegal escapades, and they decided to target Clements High School once again. They hit the school a second time about a week later. They brazenly entered on a rope through an open window. This time, they stole two televisions, a VCR,