Sheila Lidstone

Sheila Lidstone works for the local school district. He didn't come in with a lot of flash and I'm going to be in charge. He just gradually built his way into our hearts.

He never really talked about his family, and I thought obviously something very onerous had happened in his life that was so horrible that there was no way he could discuss it. And again, I was one of his closest friends.

We're not talking about a rapist, a mugger, a murderer. He wasn't that awful a person.

He didn't hurt us. How did he hurt us? I mean, all he ever did here was good. There's no reason not to forgive him.

In a heartbeat. In a heartbeat. No question about it. He faked his own death to his wife and his children for 15 years. They thought he was dead.

To do that kind of thing, to leave every single thing you ever, ever had behind, everybody you knew behind, and get on a bus penniless and just ride to the end of the line is an act either of incredible cowardice or incredible bravery born out of desperation. Which do you think it was? I think it was bravery born out of desperation.

People in the courthouse knew. People in the probation office knew. Lots of people knew. but they saw no need to rub Tim's nose in the dirt.