Jonathan Hirsch

In their church, in their community, Kent is this sort of fixture.

He's known to be gentle, full of faith.

He talks oftentimes about forgiveness.

He says that when terrible things happen, people would come to him.

and ask for his advice.

And he would often tell them about the values of trust, trust in God and having faith to get through the worst of times.

And then what happens to him has to be something that would test even the most faithful of people.

Ken actually wrote a book about this and he talks in like very philosophical terms about what had happened to him.

And he talks about how everything that went on in his life sort of brought prayer, forgiveness and faith and the winding roads of his life together

and into the light, but not before experiencing considerable darkness along the way.

Yeah, it's like that point I was making earlier about this kind of being like a moral tale.

There's an element to the story where it

because of Kent's voice and his perspective, it just has this very strong philosophical bent.

It almost blurs the lines between what happened and how he feels.

At least when you read his book, it's really quite remarkable in that way.

Okay, so this case begins in December of 2003.

Bart, the oldest boy, has just told his parents that he finished his college exams and is finally graduating from Sam Houston University.

Did you really?

Yes.

It's not always in the summer.