Hello Again Lois
Question: Its Shannon again...the one who is doing the project about you...and your life....we have to speak for about 10 minutes and i am spending some time about Kait and your loss...and i wanna make sure with you that it's ok...also i know what it's like to loose someone that is like your best friend...because 3 years ago on january 19 my uncle was killed...that had to do somthing with a drug scandle so i understand...he was one of my favorite reletives...he died on my dad's birthday so my mom had a hard time this year...and misses her brother. so i completley understand again...srry for spelling -Shannon T. Asked on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 12:28:47 PM Reply: Of course, you may include information about Kait's case in your talk. The more people who know about it, the better. I am so sorry about your uncle. The drug situation in this country has created so much pain and suffering for so many people. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Dear Lois
Question: Dear Lois, I am currently 16 years old and a junior in a small country town high-school. Since I was in elementary school I have been a fan of your books. I think you are a wonderful author. I am currently working on a book report for which I read your book “Who Killed My Daughter”. I hope that you will be able find who is responsible for Kait’s murder and I have been praying that the case will soon be closed. I truly look up to how strong you were and have been through this whole thing. You may not know, but you have touched my life forever and I assume many other lives as well and thank you for doing so. I am so very sorry for your loss, I wish you and your family all the luck in the world. God bless you! Asked on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 06:17:52 PM Reply: And may God bless YOU for your kind heart and caring comments. Answered by: Kait's Mom

your Facebook page
Question: I just discovered that you have a Facebook page and its open to the public. We don't have to be accepted as friends to read it. I think thats great. i love keeping up with your personal life and seeing posts by your kids even though I know you wouldn't accept me as a friend because you don't know me. Asked on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 03:22:45 PM Reply: You're right, I don't accept many people as "friends" unless I know them personally or they identify themselves in separate e-mails as to who they are. But anyone on Facebook can read that page, even if they can't post on it. I thought I was going to hate Facebook when my daughter, Robin, forced me onto it, but I'm sort of addicted to it. It's brought many interesting people back into my life. Like my former journalism students -- I've always wondered what came next for them -- and many have become successful professional writers. That makes me proud. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Hello Lois
Question: Hello, my name is Shannon and i am so sorry about ur loss. i am 13 right now, and live in NC. i am doing an author study in ELA and i picked you as my author. we had to read 3 books by our author. i read Gallows Hill, Stranger with my Face, and Who killed my daughter. Gallows Hill was my favorite because of the concept of the book, however Who Killed My Daughter was also very good. i am just so sickened by people who would do somthing like this, and i can not imagine what u had to go through..i loved your books, and i hope everyone in my class likes my project about you. P.S. sorry about spelling...i can not spell somtimes -Shannon T. Asked on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 01:03:27 PM Reply: Thanks for liking my books, Sharon, and for caring about us and about Kait. Your spelling is better than average for your generation. After all, we can't use Spell Check on message board posts. I'm finding that a problem myself. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Were they informers?
Question: Hi Lois, I have just read your book and was captivated the whole way through but one thing that struck my mind was were Dung and his gang police informers which was why the police covered it all up and said it was a random shooting? Most definitely from the evidence provided it was most definitely a police cover up and quite frankly the police' behaviour was bizarre to say the least. Someone somewhere knows something and how they can live with themselves day in and day out knowing what they know is awful. I hope one day something comes out and you get to find the real truth but from the ending of your book you and Robin had pretty much got it. Best wishes Jo Hilton (UK) Asked on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 12:01:30 PM Reply: That's a very good question. We considered it, but were informed by experts on Vietnamese crime that the Vietnamese would never do that. It's not part of the culture to cooperate that way with the authorities. However, it is possible that Dung's group was involved in a drug operation, (perhaps smuggling of expensive white Asian heroin from the Orient via the import shop where Kait worked?), and that certain members of APD were protecting that operation. Hit those links on the Web site and read about those particular elements of the case. I think you will find them interesting. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Police Corruption
Question: It is not a question Lois it is a statement. I have also experienced police cover-up with the death of my sister in their custody. It is a travesty in this society that calls for more accountability, better reporting and interiewing of witnesses, more transparency and training of a change of mentality that "they are not God." That maybe they don't get paid enough so they resort to corruption and let the most evil of evils go on, e.g. drug trafficking. I also had to write a book to try and get attention to this fact. I would love to meet you and talk to you and/or help you. Can we not present ourselves in some way to fight this other than just writing and trying to get attention, while waiting for justice to be served on our justice system? I am sickened by your story and well my life has never been the same since I lost my sister right before 9/11 and then the police were heroes. Shame on our police forces. Cynthia M. Andersen (Facebook participant) Arvada, Colorado Asked on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 07:01:01 PM Reply: Please post the title of your book on this message board so readers will be able to order it. Then, contact me by private e-mail, by using the contact link on Kait's main Web site, and tell me the details about your sister. I am so sorry. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Hi
Question: Hello, I don't know if you will ever read this Lois, but I am into your book "Who Killed My Daughter?" I just can't believe it! I cannot put the book down, this book is definitely life changing. Thank you -Anonymous Asked on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 09:16:26 AM Reply: Our experience is far from uncommon. But it's something most people don't realize until it touches their own lives. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Your web site
Question: I tried to give a link to your web site, using both http://kaitarquette.arquettes.com /corruptionoverview.htm and http://kaitarquette.arquettes.com/ corruption overview.htm (the second version as it appears on my browser window) but every time I clicked on the link a "Not Found" message came up. I wish to help you by spreading knowledge of this site, but I cannot do so at present due to some flaw in the URL. Asked on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 05:51:08 AM Reply: You're right. It's apparently because you didn't include www. And I can see why you didn't, because it's not included in the address for the main page of Kait's Web site. So why would it be necessary to use it to get to the links? But when I, just now, experimented with the link you posted here, it didn't work without sticking in www. I'm a technical moron, but even I can see this makes no sense. That www should be on the main page as well. I'll get somebody who knows more than I do to get this worked out. Meanwhile, you can direct people to Kait's main page and ask them to click on the links on the menu displayed there. Thank you for pointing this out. Answered by: Kait's Mom

N
Question: Hello I hope you still remember me it's N again. Anyway I've been very busy with school. College takes up a lot of my time. to get down to business I think I have something new. I think you need to start playing hardball. There's gotta be something you can dig up on any of these people and use to your advantage. Because these people obviously have skeletons in their closet, and I think it's time you tried bringing them to the light. Their no such thing as a perfect crime and they've had to have screwed up somewhere. Try investigating previous cases or recent ones with some of those officers or suspects. Maybe you might find something that you can use to persuade them. I see no other way of getting the truth. People like those who killed Kait only listen to violence and force so your going to have to give them an incentive. I think you should stop looking into Kait's murder and start looking into recent things on the people you suspect N P.S I started watching the movie stranger with my face. Although I haven't finished it yet I think so far it's done the book justice. Although I do like the book better. Asked on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 07:31:08 PM Reply: We have dug up a lot about those people. More than they COULD EVER think possible. That information has been placed in the hands of appropriate people to add to files they, themselves, are keeping. And much of it will be exposed in THE TALLY KEEPER. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Just checking in...
Question: I have checked in regularly over the last few years, but rarely post. Your book and this case has resonated so deeply with me since I read it, it's honestly never very far from my mind. I'm close in age to Kait, and related so much to her story and her personality, and the time period when this all took place. It was a very different time then, and the true impact of the drug culture was not understood as it is today, so Kait's innocence in dealing with such a dangerous and complex set of circumstances is all the more poignant. Kait sounds like she was a compassionate and caring person, as I read some of the posts from young people here I am struck by how her story has touched their lives. I think Kait would derive great comfort from the fact that her story reaches so many young girls - that it allows them to explore empathy and compassion, and maybe( just maybe) might help them to make better decisions about who they choose to trust in their lives. I always look for "The Tally Keeper" when I am shopping for books, hoping to find it prominently placed among the new releases, knowing that it will mean you have found some measure of closure and resolution. My thoughts are with you and your family, I hope 2010 brings you that key piece of information and sets you on the path toward the answers you seek. Asked on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 07:58:25 PM Reply: That's a wonderful message. Thank you. Answered by: Kait's Mom

how is the family
Question: How are all of you? How old would kait be today if she was still alive? I loved the book! Kait seemed to be a beautiful young woman Asked on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 03:49:26 PM Reply: If Kait were alive today, she would be 39. If her her life went the way she planned it, she would be a medical doctor; be happily married to Prince Charming (not to Dung Nguyen); have 4 perfect children, 2 boys and 2 girls; and live in an area like Corrales where she could have horses. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Mariann Wallace
Question: Mariann Wallace Title/Organization: Police Officer: Police Department Email: mwalla02@unm.edu Work phone: 505 277-2241 Graveyard shift Asked on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 01:36:26 PM Reply: Thanks again. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Mary Ann Wallace
Question: Just inquired about Mary Ann at the UNM P.D. She works the graveyard shift. Anyone brave enough to contact her re the Arquette case would be lucky to talk to her on duty at that time. Asked on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 01:28:47 PM Reply: Thanks. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Kait
Question: Lois, This is June from Denver and I have followed this sites comments for year after year but not been back to your site for over a year & I am still sickened that you have not found more information by now. Someone has to know what happened and it sickens me that they can't come clean. Maybe they are in fear of incrimination but I would assume if someone knew something factual, it can be turned over to you or the investigator anonmously and give Kait & you the peace you deserve. I have a daughter who is currently deployed for our country and I can tell you that I too would fight for her life just as you are doing. I will pray for you and for the person out there that knows who did it to come forward. Still wishing for peace for your family. June Asked on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 06:16:10 PM Reply: Thank you, June. My prayers will be with your daughter. May she return safely. Answered by: Kait's Mom

i read dont Look Behind You
Question: i read the book dont look behind you and i really liked it kept me intersting o loved it and i really want to read another book by you the book that i am looking into Who Killed My Daughter? that book really catches me eye i look forward to reading it. Asked on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 11:21:32 AM Reply: The difference is that DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU was fiction. WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER? is true. Answered by: Kait's Mother

APD plus drug dealing plus body shops?
Question: Is this a pattern spanning 20 years? Albq. Journal: APD Brad Ahrensfield, an instructor at the police academy and 14-year veteran of the department, was charged with obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. Ahrensfield, who allegedly leaked information about a narcotics investigation to potential targets has been placed on an unpaid leave of absence pending an internal affairs probe and the outcome of a criminal case. According to the indictment, a local and federal law enforcement task force investigated a local auto repair shop and car dealership in September for possible drug trafficking and stolen merchandise. Ahrensfield was not involved in the investigation but somehow learned about it, then told the owner of the shop about the investigation. The alleged leak apparently brought the undercover investigation to a halt. Asked on Friday, January 08, 2010 at 03:42:10 PM Reply: Yes, there does seem to be a pattern. This is far from the first report we have received about auto body shops/garages in the Albuquerque area being involved in drug activities which are protected by certain police officers. Does anyone know of any others? Answered by: Kait'w Mom

who killed my daughter
Question: Lois, Hi I am 15 years old and a freshman in Highschool. When I found out that I had to read a non fiction book for English class yours stood out to me. After reading this book I felt so touched and I am so sorry for what happened to your daughter. I didnt know her but im sure she was a great person. You are so brave and I respect you for that. I hope in the future you find out who did this. I think though that its either the cops or kaites boyfriend. It just doesnt add up to me why the cops wouldnt help you find out who did it unless they knew something you didnt. And for kaites boyfriend well there is just something telling me he did it. Once again I am so sorry and i hope you find out who did it. Asked on Thursday, January 07, 2010 at 09:31:03 PM Reply: Thank you for your good wishes. Answered by: Kait's Mom

From a Mother to a Mother
Question: Lois, I read your book when I was in high school. At first, I thought that this was fiction, as you are a talented writer, and I have enjoyed all of your books, but when I realized this was about your daughter, I cried. I am a mother now of a beautiful 2 year old girl, and I would go absolutely insane if anything like that happened to her. You've had the strength and determination to find your daughter's killer(s), and I praise you for that. I sincerely hope that one day, some light will be shed on this, and the criminals suffer when they are caught. When her anniversary comes around, I will light a candle and pray for her and your family. Much love to you and yours, Nikki H (from Texas) Asked on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at 01:03:55 PM Reply: Thank you for your kind message, Nikki. I pray that your own daughter will always be safe and happy. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Offc. Wallace and the ambulance
Question: Lois, you mentioned in the post below that Wallace claimed to be at the scene "directing traffic". Yet I remember reading in an earlier post the EMTs stated that "when we got there, the place was deserted and we almost missed the car." or something to that effect. Someone is lying. Who? Would the EMTs have any reason to hide anything? Would they have time to alter the scene? Probably not. They would not have been there long enough to do that AND pull Kait from the car, get her on the gurney and in the ambulance and drive to the hospital. Also, Merriman & Wallace's appearances at the scene (driving by, being a block away) seem to be too coincidental. Granted, off-duty police drive on the streets all the time just running errands like every other person. And on-duty officers have been in the right place at the right time. Those 2 things, separately, are possible. But together? And on the night of a shooting? I get the feeling that they were SUPPOSED to be there at that time. Have you heard anything more about the uniformed officer who was standing at Kait's car when the wedding party drove by? I think that person is key. Asked on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at 01:10:28 PM Reply: The medics were not lying. Our PI conducted taped interviews with each of them separately and then together, and both have signed notarized statements. Their memories of that night are exactly the same. Their credentials are impressive. One went on to become an EMT with a helicopter crew at Sandia National Labs, and the other became the Bernalillo County Fire Chief. Det. Merriman might have stumbled upon the scene by accident. He was off duty, but had been called in to help with another case earlier that evening and states he had been transporting witnesses back and forth to the police station down town. It's also possible that he might have left the scene for just a few minutes to move his car, to give the ambulance room to pull up when it arrived. (I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.) Wallace's statements conflict with everyone's -- Merriman's, Paul Apodaca's, her sergeant's (who says Wallace didn't call in a possible homicide the way she claimed she did, it was Merriman who did that), and the medics'. We have not heard anything further about the "mystery cop" who was seen standing next to Kait's car before Merriman got there. Answered by: Kait's Mom

Officer Wallace
Question: Was Marianne Wallace linked in any outside way to people involved in Kait's case? Did she hang out with the vietnamese? Asked on Monday, January 04, 2010 at 02:51:31 PM Reply: We have no reason to believe that Officer Wallace "hung out with the Vietnamese." She did state that she was a friend of the APD narc who is the brother of Lee Padilla, the man Paul Apodaca told our P.I. he was in the area buying drugs from on the night Kait was shot. SOMEBODY drove Paul's VW away from the scene, leaving Paul stranded there after off-duty Detective Ronald Merriman drove past and saw both Kait's wrecked car and a second car at the scene. By the time Merriman could make a U-turn and return to the scene, that second car, the VW bug, was gone. It seems probable that either Lee Padilla or Paul's brother, Mark Apodaca, (currently serving time for murder), was the driver of that car. Maybe both were in that car. Witnesses, half a block north, saw a VW bug with more than one person in it pull into the parking lot of the auto body shop next door to their home after fleeing the scene of the shooting. That shop has been identified as a hang-out for renegade cops, several of whom have since been convicted of felonies. Somebody posted on this board that Officer Wallace "hung out in the area" but did not state specifically that she frequented the body shop. We have no information that she did. We don't know how this all fits together. But, like you, we would like to know more about Mary Ann Wallace. She has stated she never left the scene, even for an instant, but if she was truly there, "directing traffic," why didn't she wave the ambulance over as it by-passed the scene? Answered by: Kait's Mom

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