\n
NORWICH <\/p>\n
\u2013 <\/p>\n
Losing <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
parent <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
young <\/p>\n
age <\/p>\n
is <\/p>\n
one <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
most <\/p>\n
traumatic <\/p>\n
things <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
child <\/p>\n
can <\/p>\n
experience. <\/p>\n
For <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
Wlasiuk, <\/p>\n
losing <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
woman <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
always <\/p>\n
thought <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
mother <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
age <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
nine, <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
only <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
beginning. <\/p>\n
Ashlee\u2019s <\/p>\n
family <\/p>\n
became <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
center <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
one <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
most <\/p>\n
watched <\/p>\n
murder <\/p>\n
trials <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
Chenango <\/p>\n
County, <\/p>\n
leading <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
question <\/p>\n
everything <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
thought <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
knew <\/p>\n
about <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
family <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
childhood. <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
explores <\/p>\n
all <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
new <\/p>\n
book, <\/p>\n
\u201cDid <\/p>\n
You <\/p>\n
Kill <\/p>\n
My <\/p>\n
Mother\u201d <\/p>\n
which <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
released <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
Tuesday. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
signing <\/p>\n
copies <\/p>\n
from <\/p>\n
12 <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
2 <\/p>\n
p.m. <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
Saturday, <\/p>\n
November <\/p>\n
14th <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
A <\/p>\n
Novel <\/p>\n
Idea <\/p>\n
Bookstore <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
Norwich. <\/p>\n
The <\/p>\n
following <\/p>\n
Sunday, <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
presenting <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
story <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
signing <\/p>\n
books <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
Guernsey <\/p>\n
Memorial <\/p>\n
Library <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
2 <\/p>\n
p.m. <\/p>\n
\n
Patty <\/p>\n
Wlasiuk <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
35-years-old <\/p>\n
when <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
died <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
April <\/p>\n
3, <\/p>\n
2002. <\/p>\n
Her <\/p>\n
husband <\/p>\n
Peter <\/p>\n
Wlasiuk <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
soon <\/p>\n
arrested <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
charged <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
Patty\u2019s <\/p>\n
murder. <\/p>\n
Nearly <\/p>\n
25 <\/p>\n
years <\/p>\n
have <\/p>\n
passed <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Peter <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
tried <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
Patty\u2019s <\/p>\n
murder <\/p>\n
three <\/p>\n
times, <\/p>\n
being <\/p>\n
found <\/p>\n
guilty <\/p>\n
each <\/p>\n
time. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
Prior <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
2002, <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
says <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
pretty <\/p>\n
typical <\/p>\n
millennial <\/p>\n
kid. <\/p>\n
Peter <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Ashlee\u2019s <\/p>\n
birth <\/p>\n
mother, <\/p>\n
Jackeline <\/p>\n
Scholte, <\/p>\n
separated <\/p>\n
before <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
first <\/p>\n
birthday. <\/p>\n
When <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
given <\/p>\n
custody, <\/p>\n
visits <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
mother <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
supervised, <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
wasn\u2019t <\/p>\n
even <\/p>\n
aware <\/p>\n
Jackeline <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
mother. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u00a0grew <\/p>\n
up <\/p>\n
believing <\/p>\n
Patty <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
mother <\/p>\n
because <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
father’s <\/p>\n
family <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
me <\/p>\n
Jacki <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
babysitter,\u201d <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
recalls. <\/p>\n
When <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
five-years-old, <\/p>\n
Scholte <\/p>\n
died <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
fire <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
parent\u2019s <\/p>\n
home <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
occurred <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
night <\/p>\n
before <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
scheduled <\/p>\n
custody <\/p>\n
hearing, <\/p>\n
although <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
did <\/p>\n
not <\/p>\n
learn <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
passing <\/p>\n
until <\/p>\n
several <\/p>\n
years <\/p>\n
later. <\/p>\n
\u201cI <\/p>\n
grew <\/p>\n
up <\/p>\n
being <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
dog <\/p>\n
knocked <\/p>\n
over <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
candle. <\/p>\n
Years <\/p>\n
later, <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
mother’s <\/p>\n
family <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
me <\/p>\n
things <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
didn’t <\/p>\n
line <\/p>\n
up <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
story <\/p>\n
I’d <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
raised <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
believe,\u201d <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
explained. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
After <\/p>\n
Patty\u2019s <\/p>\n
death <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Peter\u2019s <\/p>\n
arrest, <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
largely <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
dark, <\/p>\n
but <\/p>\n
when <\/p>\n
students <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
school <\/p>\n
began <\/p>\n
telling <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
Patty <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
not <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
biological <\/p>\n
mother, <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
began <\/p>\n
asking <\/p>\n
questions. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\u201cEventually, <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
grandmother <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
me <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
arrested, <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
he <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
innocent, <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
Patty <\/p>\n
wasn’t <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
mother. <\/p>\n
Jacki <\/p>\n
was. <\/p>\n
She <\/p>\n
also <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
me <\/p>\n
Jacki <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
died <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
fire <\/p>\n
started <\/p>\n
by <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
dog <\/p>\n
knocking <\/p>\n
over <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
candle,\u201d <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
recalls. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Story Continues Below Adverts<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
most <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
childhood <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
believed <\/p>\n
what <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
grandparents <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
told <\/p>\n
her. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor <\/p>\n
most <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
childhood, <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
his <\/p>\n
side. <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
wrote <\/p>\n
letters <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
his <\/p>\n
behalf <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
judges <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
attorneys, <\/p>\n
often <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
him <\/p>\n
dictating <\/p>\n
over <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
prison <\/p>\n
phone. <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
sat <\/p>\n
on <\/p>\n
his <\/p>\n
side <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
courtroom,\u201d <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
explained. <\/p>\n
While <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
not <\/p>\n
there <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
night <\/p>\n
Patty <\/p>\n
died <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
therefore <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
no <\/p>\n
first-hand <\/p>\n
information <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
what <\/p>\n
occurred, <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
recognizes <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
three <\/p>\n
separate <\/p>\n
juries <\/p>\n
convicted <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
murdering <\/p>\n
Patty. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\u201cI <\/p>\n
grew <\/p>\n
up <\/p>\n
catching <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
more <\/p>\n
lies <\/p>\n
than <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
can <\/p>\n
count, <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
I’ve <\/p>\n
experienced <\/p>\n
his <\/p>\n
temper <\/p>\n
firsthand. <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
know <\/p>\n
he <\/p>\n
can <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
violent,\u201d <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
said. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
As <\/p>\n
an <\/p>\n
adult, <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
understanding <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
situation <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
changed <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
begun <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
question <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
circumstances <\/p>\n
surrounding <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
own <\/p>\n
mother\u2019s <\/p>\n
death. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\u201cPeople <\/p>\n
had <\/p>\n
pointed <\/p>\n
out <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
coincidences <\/p>\n
surrounding <\/p>\n
[Jacki\u2019s] <\/p>\n
death <\/p>\n
since <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
nine <\/p>\n
years <\/p>\n
old. <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
dismissed <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
rumors <\/p>\n
as <\/p>\n
conjecture. <\/p>\n
A <\/p>\n
coincidence <\/p>\n
isn’t <\/p>\n
evidence.\u00a0But <\/p>\n
there <\/p>\n
were <\/p>\n
details <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
bothered <\/p>\n
me,\u201d <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said. <\/p>\n
She <\/p>\n
pointed <\/p>\n
out <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
tattoo <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
lion <\/p>\n
mauling <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
unicorn <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
words <\/p>\n
no <\/p>\n
remorse, <\/p>\n
no <\/p>\n
repent <\/p>\n
underneath <\/p>\n
it. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou <\/p>\n
don’t <\/p>\n
use <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
word <\/p>\n
repent <\/p>\n
unless <\/p>\n
you’ve <\/p>\n
committed <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
sin,\u201d <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
As <\/p>\n
an <\/p>\n
adult <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
sought <\/p>\n
out <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
biological <\/p>\n
mother\u2019s <\/p>\n
family <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
learned <\/p>\n
more <\/p>\n
about <\/p>\n
her. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfterward, <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
asked <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
directly <\/p>\n
where <\/p>\n
he <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
night <\/p>\n
Jacki <\/p>\n
died. <\/p>\n
His <\/p>\n
answers <\/p>\n
raised <\/p>\n
more <\/p>\n
questions <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
me <\/p>\n
than <\/p>\n
they <\/p>\n
resolved.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
these <\/p>\n
days <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
no <\/p>\n
relationship <\/p>\n
with <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
father. <\/p>\n
Peter <\/p>\n
Wlasiuk <\/p>\n
has <\/p>\n
been <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
jail <\/p>\n
since <\/p>\n
2003, <\/p>\n
but <\/p>\n
all <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
could <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
changing <\/p>\n
soon. <\/p>\n
According <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
Ashlee, <\/p>\n
he <\/p>\n
will <\/p>\n
go <\/p>\n
before <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
parole <\/p>\n
board <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
could <\/p>\n
be <\/p>\n
released <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
early <\/p>\n
2027, <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
situation <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
makes <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
feel <\/p>\n
uneasy. <\/p>\n
According <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
her, <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
father <\/p>\n
was <\/p>\n
not <\/p>\n
happy <\/p>\n
that <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
published <\/p>\n
her <\/p>\n
book. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
While <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
topic <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
the <\/p>\n
book <\/p>\n
is <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
dark <\/p>\n
one, <\/p>\n
Ashlee <\/p>\n
said <\/p>\n
there <\/p>\n
is <\/p>\n
actually <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
lot <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
humor <\/p>\n
in <\/p>\n
it, <\/p>\n
because <\/p>\n
that\u2019s <\/p>\n
how <\/p>\n
she <\/p>\n
got <\/p>\n
through. <\/p>\n
\u201cMost <\/p>\n
of <\/p>\n
all, <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
want <\/p>\n
people <\/p>\n
to <\/p>\n
know <\/p>\n
my <\/p>\n
mother <\/p>\n
fought <\/p>\n
for <\/p>\n
me.\u00a0For <\/p>\n
a <\/p>\n
long <\/p>\n
time, <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
didn’t <\/p>\n
know <\/p>\n
that. <\/p>\n
Now <\/p>\n
I <\/p>\n
do.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n
\u201cDid <\/p>\n
You <\/p>\n
Kill <\/p>\n
My <\/p>\n
Mother\u201d <\/p>\n
is <\/p>\n
currently <\/p>\n
available <\/p>\n
at <\/p>\n
Amazon <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Barnes <\/p>\n
and <\/p>\n
Noble. <\/p>\n
\n
\u2014 <\/p>\n
Information <\/p>\n
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