The Gene Hobbs Tragedy: a dump truck full of red flags

In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch famously explains to Scout, “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
This story may appear drawn out to some readers, but it pails in comparison to the slow, painful manner in which facts regarding the death and investigation of Gene Hobbs have been drawn out over three years for his wife, Lisa, and her family. Until a person takes the time to “climb in her skin and walk around,” it is easy to write her off as a grieving widow with an axe to grind. When a person takes the time to truly hear her story, however, one will find that isn’t the case at all, and the stacks of documents and notes she has collected over the past several years support every word she says.