Linda Zapata

It became one of those marriages where, behind closed doors, there was trouble.

She told me that they were having problems in the bedroom, but she didn't go into any detail at all.

She seemed to think that he had a lot more testosterone before she said, I do, but we didn't talk about that a lot.

Jean wanted to keep the spark alive.

even if it meant agreeing to do things nice girls didn't always do.

But no matter what she did, nothing worked.

And in 1976, 17 years after they married, Jean filed for divorce.

Eugene moved out of the house and Jean began to explore life as a newly single woman.

Before long, she met Paul Lee,

and they had an instant connection.

So you would see her every day?

See her and talk to her every day?

Yeah.

Well, let me ask you, I mean, were you in love with her?

I'm glad she met Paul.

For those few months, she was happy again.

They talked every day, but it didn't last long.

On Monday, October 11th, 1976, Linda remembers seeing her mother drinking her morning coffee.

She was in the kitchen.

And I was looking down the foyer hallway and I was leaving for school.