Shooting Tragedy Inflicts Pain on Benbrook Family
Tuesday, October 16, 1984 TCU Daily Record breaker Freshman Scott Ankrom set a Mission impossible Southwest Conference record The TCU Army ROTC's air with his 99-yard touchdown attack exercise over the pass this weekend. See Page weekend was called off due to Sk i ff 6. rain. See Page 4. Shooting tragedy inflicts pain on Benbrook family BENBROOK, Texas (AP)- When be entirely different," Kerry's father Weldon Thomas turned his gray car 'We're just average people, living in a small town in an average said. into the driveway of his brick home, he knew two little girls would rush out home. Then bam . there we are in the middle of this night- "If I shot my best friend, I would to greet him. mare.' run out and get help immediately," One was his 11-year-old daughter, -WELDON THOMAS, victim's father Peggy Thomas said. "And for all those Kerry, and the other, her best friend, days we were going crazy trying to 12-year-old Patricia Dempsey. find Kerry, she (Patricia) never said "I would hug them both, just like anything." over why Patricia remained silent for "Patricia never came," Peggy Tho- they were both my daughters," Tho- four days after shooting Kerry. mas said. After Patricia told of the shooting, mas said. The little girl was questioned again the Thomases said they found them- These days, neither girl greets him. "No one knows what was in Patri- and again about Kerry's disappear- selves reassessing the girls' cia's mind except Patricia and Kerry.
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