![]() Wearing his Sunday suit, Mike could hardly keep his head up as he walked through security-the violent killing of his wife of 41 years had hobbled him physically and mentally. Your life has value, he hoped to tell him.Īfter a while, their father, Mike, joined them and their other siblings, Rachel, 43, and Rockey, 26. Attempted suicide at age 13 because, he said, “nobody wanted him.” Gerald wanted to believe that this man was just broken, not beyond repair. Sexually abused, whipped with extension cords, placed in more than 20 different foster homes. Repeatedly abandoned as a toddler with no food for days at a time. Their brother Gerald, 34, the philosopher of the family, sat thinking about a court document he’d read that detailed the perpetrator’s childhood. Photo of Johnie Lewis Miller by Bron Moyi for The Marshall Project and The Atlantic Photos by Kathryn Harrison for The Marshall Project and The Atlantic This article was published in partnership with The Atlantic.
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