were, for the most part, deeply hurt and disillusioned. Only a few remained in denial, steadfastly refusing to accept the real truth from Karri, even when theyâd heard it spoken by her in court.
CHAPTER 28
T he activity on the âTruth for Karriâ Facebook page took a drastic downturn following her shocking courtroom admission of guilt. It was only a short time until the page disappeared entirely. There was apparently a lot of âI told you soâ being doled out by those who had believed Karri to be guilty from the start. Her remaining friends and supporters just didnât want to hear it or admit to themselves that there was even the slightest possibility that it could be true. They continued to make their opinions known, loudly and often, at every possible opportunity.
Others, who had accepted the facts and no longer were in denial, had been badly hurt and highly disillusioned by the shocking turn of events in the courtroom. For the most part, they were staying quiet, lying low, and licking their wounds.
One person wrote in the comments section of a newspaperâs website that they had been following many of the posts left by Karriâs friends who remained adamant about her innocence, and said that they had formed an opinion about those supporters based on what they had said in their continuing posts.
Those friends, the writer had come to believe, were âthe hateful, holier-than-thou bunch.â They were spreading thoughts and opinions that were obviously âtheir interpretation of what is going on,â and not the facts as had been provided by the prosecutionâs case files and the court records, which had been made public.
I think that a lot of people are going to be gravely disappointed that their loyalty has been so misplaced, the writer emphasized.
Another writer put it a little less tactfully: Whereâs all the truth 4 Karri stuff that Ider was so fired up about? The writer went on to say they guessed everyone âgot lockjawâ when she pled guilty. The writer ended by proclaiming, The truth will set you free!
The defection of so many of her true believers must have come as a surprise to Karri. She had worked long and hard to get as many people lined up in her corner as possible. Right before the trial was scheduled to start, she had posted a letter to her supporters on the soon-to-be-defunct âTruth for Karriâ page.
Thank you everyone for your many prayers and letters, she wrote. She added that the DA would probably be âcussingâ her by âthis time next week.â Karri said she was feeling the love from all around her, and she felt happier at that time than she had for a long time, even with all the turmoil she was experiencing in her life.
God is so good, He gives me relief when I think I canât take any more, she wrote, telling her followers that they were the best friends anyone could ever ask for. If I can ever do anything for any one of you, all you have to do is ask.
Karri went on to say that she loved her friends âfrom the depths of my soul.â She wrote, [Y]our support means more to me than I will ever be able to tell you.
It is likely that even as Karri was composing this letter, skillfully designed to bolster the support of her followers, she was also planning the guilty plea she would present in a few short days.
CHAPTER 29
A nother shock came for Karriâs friends after the trial, when the case files revealed what the prosecution stated that they believed to be Karriâs motive for the murder of Billy Shaw. Many of her supporters knew, to a certain degree and even by Karriâs own admission in several of her blog posts, that she and Jason were having financial difficulties. There was no way, however, that they could have imagined just to what degree those money problems had mushroomed during the months prior to the deaths of Billy and Lila Shaw.
The court files revealed the prosecutionâs belief
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