Laura Branham
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That's understandable. I mean, you're getting ready to go into a divorce. That's been nasty. And I think that that would be natural to increase your medicine, either for depression or anxiety. Could that mean that she was depressed enough to take her own life? My sister would never, never do that.
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I think that only Marcy and Jocelyn knew that answer. And if my sister was happy, you know, she deserved to be happy. And Lord knows she spent the last three years unhappy.
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Sometimes it was hard to keep my lunch down. It was very fake, very rehearsed.
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Could you tell, looking at the jury, that they got it? You know, I'm just hoping and praying, I'm like, please, hear every moment of this, because, you know, he's nailing his own coffin.
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When it came time for the verdict, we sat there holding hands, and I felt just this peace come over me. I got this, sis, don't worry. It'll work out.
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A devoted daughter to mom Joyce and a big sister to Laura. My parents divorced when I was two. My sister was six. She was like a second mother. She'd get me off the school bus and make sure I did my homework, cook me some ravioli.
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Jocelyn's sister saw it differently. I remember seeing Jocelyn after she had gotten off the phone with him. She was crying on the bed. Did Jocelyn tell you why she liked Wes? It was kind of the standard excuse, I love him. I just, I never understood it. They were like polar opposites. But in the summer of 1995, they got married. I had mixed emotions about the wedding.
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Jocelyn told me about that conversation. Wesley had said that he wanted it multiple times a day from her, and she jokingly said, well, if you need it that much, then you better go find somebody else who can provide it that much. Kind of a ha-ha joke type thing.