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Kirsten is my daughter. In many ways she could be very much like your
daughter. The difference, hopefully, is that you were able to enjoy being
with your daughter. For the past ten years, I have not. I missed
her, and continue to miss her, from the depths of my heart. Here's
Kirsten's story:
In 1990 she traveled following the
Grateful Dead "on tour." In 1991 she fell in love with another "Dead Head"
and shortly thereafter became pregnant with his child. This person was
connected to a group of LSD distributors. He never provided for her and
she was left homeless at times, on the streets with her infant son.
When her boyfriend was sent to jail for selling drugs, she was broke, confused
and stressed. Her boyfriend's "customers" begged her to fill his shoes.
The stress of being
broke finally broke her spirit and will.
A month
after her 22nd birthday, with a 9 month old child living on $280 a
month from welfare, she agreed to participate. She became involved in a
conspiracy to sell LSD to distributors in St. Louis, Missouri, who were under
surveillance by the DEA. This led to her arrest for selling $4000 worth of
LSD.
At the time of her arrest, she was scared to
death of the threats of a 20 to 30 year prison sentence, which is what she was
told by the DEA. She was panicked at the outlook of not seeing her son
grow up, not being a part of his life. Then something magical happened.
She was arraigned before a Judge who was angry at the DEA. She was
released into the custody of her parents
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