RE: things that are missing

From: stepmother’s email address
To: "'Jessica Murray'" <dfhldgdhdlhfdla@gmail.com>

I do not wish to discuss this anymore. I did clean up the basement the other day and there were no more of your things down there.....And I rechecked the garage and again nothing.

Again, I do not believe your sister would take anything. It would also be very hard to remove musical instruments without me or your dad noticing.

So do what you think is necessary , but again I do not believe your sister would take anything!

it's very important that you're absolutely sure there's nothing left there

From: Jessica Murray <death.to.koalas@gmail.com>
To: grandmother’s email address

hi again.

i will be compiling a list of items that may have potentially be stolen by my sister. it's very important that you check to make sure that there was nothing left there, so that i do not accuse her of stealing things that she didn't steal.

also, on that note, i should point out that i took your extra fan out of the closet in the computer room. i wasn't sure if it was mine or yours; i knew i had a fan of that make and model, but wasn't sure if i took to your place or not. as you had two fans, i deduced it was probably mine. as it turns out, my fan was packed with my things and the fan did belong to you. i apologize for that. there was also a bag of usb and network cords that i wasn't sure were mine or yours. i'm still not sure if they were mine or yours, but i figured at the very least that you would probably not have much use for them, whereas i can always use extra cords for the pile of electronic equipment i have. if they were yours, i apologize for that as well. there were around five cords in the bag.

thinking closely, some things may have fallen behind or underneath the bookcase beside the computer that i put things on. actually, on both sides of the computer - there was also the little structure with onions and stuff in it that things may have fallen behind. i vaguely recall looking, but i was in a bit of a stress-induced haze that weekend and am not sure if i looked closely or not. could you look behind those two structures as well?

one thing i'm pretty certain is around there somewhere is a usb camera. i think i had packed it in the green bag, and even remember pulling it out at your place, but now i can't find it. it's not worth much, but if you find it then please let me know.

j

Re: things that are missing

From: "Jessica Murray" <dfhldgdhdlhfdla@gmail.com>
To: stepmother’s email address

the thing is that nothing was worth much individually, but when you add up 75 or 100 things worth less than $20 (even if a lot of it is only worth $2-3), it gets expensive quickly. some of the things i can't find (like a pizza cutter) aren't really even important. other things (like the coffee maker) sort of are. i can't afford to just go to the store and repurchase everything.

i guess i'll just have to accept that some things are lost. it's disappointing, but what can i do. i wish you would have asked before you threw things out, though. i could have washed the mold off those things, especially the shirts.

...and i'm certainly missing a mandolin and a 12-string. the 12-string was around until fairly recently, actually. dad and i were talking about taking it to folklore not much more than a few months ago. in fact, the topic came up the week before i left, although i don't know if it was still there by then or not.

unfortunately, i do think she would take the instruments. i also think she would take other things like the chess set. unfortunately, i think she would lie about it afterwards, too.

maybe i should point out that i don't have any interest in maintaining a relationship with my sister, either. i feel she's been very dishonest with me over many years. trust is very important to me, and it's been irrevocably broken. i have to expect that she will continue to lie to me, to steal things from me and to manipulate situations in ways that are not in my interests. all of the evidence i have to rely on points in this direction. this type of person is not somebody that i want to stay in contact with.

i actually have a list of over 100 items that i believe she stole out of the garage or the basement at some point. i don't think asking her about it further is productive because i expect her to lie about it. she already has lied about it.

that being said, i don't want to make any false accusations. i don't want to accuse her of stealing things that you discarded, for whatever reason. so, if it's possible to think back and try and create as substantial a list as is possible then that would be beneficial to both her and i in resolving this.

again, i apologize for having to do this, but i feel i am out of options. i think this should be last that you hear from me. so, good luck.

j