"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy," Fitzgerald writes. "They smashed up things and creatures then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
the Sands Point mansion known as Land’s End also purported to be the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan’s mansion in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was demolished this week.
On December 6 2000 we received the most devastating news a family can hear.
Marty, beloved son,brother,husband - my dear cousin had been shot and killed.
The newspaper article read "Our Son, Murdered for A Joy Ride"
Six hours after Marty was slain police spotted his stolen car and apprehended 17 year old Derick Ford already in violation of a custody order, already a convicted felon.
He is now serving a life sentence without parole.
"It's a sad story, like so many I know"