Alayna

Like a lot of girls her age, and where she was from, she had a deep love of horses, and she worked part-time at a stable near Burnsville, and she boarded her own horse there. She also was remembered as being a very kind, very open person. She trusted people without reservation.

Like a lot of girls her age, and where she was from, she had a deep love of horses, and she worked part-time at a stable near Burnsville, and she boarded her own horse there. She also was remembered as being a very kind, very open person. She trusted people without reservation.

Her Aunt Barb said she was the type of person that wanted to sit and chat about anything and everything going on with her life.

Her Aunt Barb said she was the type of person that wanted to sit and chat about anything and everything going on with her life.

she sounds just cool yeah she just sounds like a good person like someone you beautiful too she was gorge yeah and just someone you'd want to be friends with you know she just seems like a cool chick yeah so after graduating from high school kristen was accepted to the university of wisconsin stout where she majored in hotel and restaurant management oh which i feel like that'd be like a pretty fucking fun career and also that's really smart really smart because that's not like you you're really setting yourself up for like a career

she sounds just cool yeah she just sounds like a good person like someone you beautiful too she was gorge yeah and just someone you'd want to be friends with you know she just seems like a cool chick yeah so after graduating from high school kristen was accepted to the university of wisconsin stout where she majored in hotel and restaurant management oh which i feel like that'd be like a pretty fucking fun career and also that's really smart really smart because that's not like you you're really setting yourself up for like a career

Yeah. And also you have to be like so organized. You have to be a level of organization that I don't even think I could ever acquire.

Yeah. And also you have to be like so organized. You have to be a level of organization that I don't even think I could ever acquire.

Yes.

Yes.

She sounds like she was like very bubbly, you know? Yeah. But in the spring of her sophomore year, she took a vacation to, I think it's Captiva Island near Fort Myers, Florida. And she was just celebrating spring break with some of her friends. Very typical.

She sounds like she was like very bubbly, you know? Yeah. But in the spring of her sophomore year, she took a vacation to, I think it's Captiva Island near Fort Myers, Florida. And she was just celebrating spring break with some of her friends. Very typical.

While she was there, she met 18-year-old James Vermeers Jr., who was working on the island as a waiter at the time. He had recently graduated high school where he'd grown up in Ovid, New York, and he was planning to go back home to Ovid in a few months. So Kristen and James headed off immediately.

While she was there, she met 18-year-old James Vermeers Jr., who was working on the island as a waiter at the time. He had recently graduated high school where he'd grown up in Ovid, New York, and he was planning to go back home to Ovid in a few months. So Kristen and James headed off immediately.

And actually, even after Kristen went home to Minnesota at the end of spring break, they were keeping in touch through letters and phone calls. Now, after months of this kind of like long distance relationship of sorts, they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, but it was it seemed like it was like kind of heading down that road. Yeah.

And actually, even after Kristen went home to Minnesota at the end of spring break, they were keeping in touch through letters and phone calls. Now, after months of this kind of like long distance relationship of sorts, they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, but it was it seemed like it was like kind of heading down that road. Yeah.

Kristen decided that she wanted to visit James in New York to get to know him better. Because, you know, they've been like contacting each other through letters and phone. She's like, let's spend some time together.

Kristen decided that she wanted to visit James in New York to get to know him better. Because, you know, they've been like contacting each other through letters and phone. She's like, let's spend some time together.

Yeah, exactly. Also, remember when people wrote letters? I know. Crazy. That's like, it's so cute. It is. It is really cute. Pen pal-ish. I know. So since she wanted to get to know him better, she planned a visit for mid-August, just a few weeks before she was going to go back to Wisconsin Stout for her junior year.

Yeah, exactly. Also, remember when people wrote letters? I know. Crazy. That's like, it's so cute. It is. It is really cute. Pen pal-ish. I know. So since she wanted to get to know him better, she planned a visit for mid-August, just a few weeks before she was going to go back to Wisconsin Stout for her junior year.