45223wc@houxe.UUCP (10/10/84)
Samantha Vernon Garretson - RIP Its not definite she's dead yet, but they indicated she has permanent total brain damage (if that's not dead, what is?) and if they take her off the machines she won't keep breathing. She was floating face down in the hot-tub. What happenned you ask? Well it's a long story but I'll hit the highlights (in reverse order). Herb Boden killed her. He was stealing her jewels from the wall safe in the Vernon Inn's Health Club. She walked in at the wrong time. Boden was stealing the jewels or Trent Chapin, right hand man of Alesandro Corenale (sp?) who is a big crime boss (but otherwise a nice guy). Brad Vernon was going to use the jewels to buy back ownership of the hotel from Alex Crown (alias Alesandro C.). Alex doesn't know anything about all this. Trent is the real bad guy. He had Boden kill Leo Corinale in Atlantic City. Leo was Alex's dad. Boden also shot Roberto Corinale while killing Leo. Roberto is Alex's son and has been hiding in the theatre in Llanview for the last week. Alex is still searching for Roberto. In case you didn't knnow, Alex's wife is Laural Chapin (who's been on the show for a good while now). Leo broke them up 20 years ago and then convinced Alex she had died in childbirth. Leo had death certificates, police reports, and also the child - Roberto. Leo had stolen the baby from the hospital. Now Alex wants to get back together with Laural, but she is in love with Dr. Larry Wollack, as well as with Alex and right now she just wants to see her son. There is another woman named Jinx who is missing now. She is a photographer and also a lover of Trent. She's the one who told him about the jewels, but she didn't know he would have them stolen. She also caught Boden in the act, but Boden didn't see her. She took his picture and ran out. She went downstairs and told Trent she saw a robbery and that it was the same guy who killed Leo. She doesn't yet know Trent is behind all this. Trent sort of dragged her out of the hotel and wouldn't let her tell the police. Now the police are looking for her. Samantha Vernon has been on the show a LONG time. She was married to Asa Buchannon before marrying Rafe Garretson. Her death? was really quite unexpected. But she has been worrying about Boden for a long time now. Rafe was an undercover cop that testified against Boden a month ago at Boden's racketeering trial. Boden jumped bail. Then Sam saw him at her wedding in Atlantic City running from the casino where he had just shot Leo and Roberto. I guess she had good reason to worry. I'll let you know if she recovers by miracle. - Bill ihnp4!houxe!45223wc