Crazy Sexy Cancer Part III
(continued from previous entry)
The oncologist who killed himself had had a myspace page while he was alive. You can see it here. When he was alive, the good doctor still only had a handful of myspace friends. Suspiciously enough, they were all Tara's friends too. Oh, and Pearl Jam. Back when I had a myspace account, I was "friends" with him too, as was my brother. The good doctor frequently chatted with both of us on there, showering us with compliments and throwing in subtle hints about our awesome friend Tara.
So when I was talking to Mike (and by the way my brother was a third, but very vital conspirator in this whole process) and realizing that the oncologist didn't appear to even exist, my memory shot back to that myspace page and all of the messages he had sent me. Luckily, my brother still had the link to his page, and all three of us must have clicked on it 500 times in one day. Here's what we saw:
At first, Tara was still listed on his myspace friends. She also had left a bunch of comments on his page. About halfway through the first day, all of her comments were gone. By the end of the first day, her entire myspace account was deleted and there was no evidence that she was ever friends with this "Dr. Al" except for a snippet in his "Heroes" section which references her (with her real name).
We kept waiting for the oncologist's myspace page to disappear altogether but it remains even now, and the only reason we can see that she didn't just delete the entire page was that he supposedly died so he could not possibly delete his page if he were dead. Everything still points to our conclusion though. The oncologist = Tara. She was playing the part all along to reel us in.
Back to facebook. Before she also deleted her facebook account, we were all scouring all of her comments for additional clues about her web of lies. We noticed a guy named Beau Brazelton. I can't remember the exact last name but that was close. Beau left comments on Tara's page almost every day. He was again assuming the role of "Tara's #1 Fan", supporting her without question. Suddenly he started making comments like:
"Don't let the naysayers get you down! If people are making up lies about you tell them to bite you!"
Ding ding ding! I immediately recognized the writing style as Tara's. I did a little digging into Beau's facebook profile. He had no picture posted, and he was only friends with Tara, her two kids, and her husband. So I friend-requested him.
His profile was deleted the next day.
By this point I was still talking to Mike on the phone several times a day. He really wanted to get his brother to see the truth about Tara and divorce her. He had been trying for years to convince his brother that she was cheating on him but he always explained all of her odd behavior by referencing the chemo.
WHICH NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN HER RECEIVE, but anyway.
Mike wanted me to become an integral part of this "bust" and what was going to go down was basically I was going to rip a family apart. I started having panic attacks. I loved her kids; they are amazing kids. I felt so bad for them. I knew, even though she was crazy, that she loved her kids. I didn't want to rip them away from her.
I also started feeling the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I constantly checked the locks on my doors and scanned the street before I went outside to get into my car. I felt quite paranoid and violated by this person who had tricked and hoodwinked me for so many years. I also knew that she was aware that I knew the truth by now, and frankly I was afraid of what she was capable of.
My brother and I began talking about what our role in the rest of the situation should be. We both agreed that it was time for us to step back. I told Mike that for my own sanity I just could not be involved in this mystery any longer. In fact, I told him, I really never wanted to hear her name again.
I do know that Mike printed out much of the information from the internet, like the oncologist's myspace page, and the fact that she was on there before she deleted herself, as well as several IMs that I had saved from way back when Tara was dating my brother which clearly stated that she was cheating on her husband. He took that information to Tara's husband and tried to convince him of the truth, which, as far as he was concerned, was that not only was his wife unfaithful, but that she never even had cancer at all.
And that is the last I know of the story. I distanced myself from the aftermath because I didn't want to see the mess that it created, but I'm sure that it wasn't pretty.
Additional details:
Almost as soon as I had started talking to Mike about this whole situation, my brother emailed me saying that he had never wanted to say it outloud, but he was sitting around thinking about his time with Tara (about a year after they broke up) and ALL OF A SUDDEN his brain went "There is no Dr. Al." He just had an epiphany; all of the details came together at once. Turns out he had figured it out a long time before I ever did, but he never told anyone his suspicions because you know, what a horrible accusation to make, if it wasn't true.
He also told me the real reason he lost interest in Tara. He said at the time he couldn't put his finger on it, but the best way to explain it was that her "stories didn't add up". She contradicted herself a lot, or something like that.
Also, there was another guy (who my brother & I both know) who had "been with" Tara (while she was married, but he didn't know that either). This guy worked with my brother, and guess what these two called her behind her back, even all those years ago?
THE GIRL WHO FAKED HER CANCER.
The oncologist who killed himself had had a myspace page while he was alive. You can see it here. When he was alive, the good doctor still only had a handful of myspace friends. Suspiciously enough, they were all Tara's friends too. Oh, and Pearl Jam. Back when I had a myspace account, I was "friends" with him too, as was my brother. The good doctor frequently chatted with both of us on there, showering us with compliments and throwing in subtle hints about our awesome friend Tara.
So when I was talking to Mike (and by the way my brother was a third, but very vital conspirator in this whole process) and realizing that the oncologist didn't appear to even exist, my memory shot back to that myspace page and all of the messages he had sent me. Luckily, my brother still had the link to his page, and all three of us must have clicked on it 500 times in one day. Here's what we saw:
At first, Tara was still listed on his myspace friends. She also had left a bunch of comments on his page. About halfway through the first day, all of her comments were gone. By the end of the first day, her entire myspace account was deleted and there was no evidence that she was ever friends with this "Dr. Al" except for a snippet in his "Heroes" section which references her (with her real name).
We kept waiting for the oncologist's myspace page to disappear altogether but it remains even now, and the only reason we can see that she didn't just delete the entire page was that he supposedly died so he could not possibly delete his page if he were dead. Everything still points to our conclusion though. The oncologist = Tara. She was playing the part all along to reel us in.
Back to facebook. Before she also deleted her facebook account, we were all scouring all of her comments for additional clues about her web of lies. We noticed a guy named Beau Brazelton. I can't remember the exact last name but that was close. Beau left comments on Tara's page almost every day. He was again assuming the role of "Tara's #1 Fan", supporting her without question. Suddenly he started making comments like:
"Don't let the naysayers get you down! If people are making up lies about you tell them to bite you!"
Ding ding ding! I immediately recognized the writing style as Tara's. I did a little digging into Beau's facebook profile. He had no picture posted, and he was only friends with Tara, her two kids, and her husband. So I friend-requested him.
His profile was deleted the next day.
By this point I was still talking to Mike on the phone several times a day. He really wanted to get his brother to see the truth about Tara and divorce her. He had been trying for years to convince his brother that she was cheating on him but he always explained all of her odd behavior by referencing the chemo.
WHICH NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN HER RECEIVE, but anyway.
Mike wanted me to become an integral part of this "bust" and what was going to go down was basically I was going to rip a family apart. I started having panic attacks. I loved her kids; they are amazing kids. I felt so bad for them. I knew, even though she was crazy, that she loved her kids. I didn't want to rip them away from her.
I also started feeling the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I constantly checked the locks on my doors and scanned the street before I went outside to get into my car. I felt quite paranoid and violated by this person who had tricked and hoodwinked me for so many years. I also knew that she was aware that I knew the truth by now, and frankly I was afraid of what she was capable of.
My brother and I began talking about what our role in the rest of the situation should be. We both agreed that it was time for us to step back. I told Mike that for my own sanity I just could not be involved in this mystery any longer. In fact, I told him, I really never wanted to hear her name again.
I do know that Mike printed out much of the information from the internet, like the oncologist's myspace page, and the fact that she was on there before she deleted herself, as well as several IMs that I had saved from way back when Tara was dating my brother which clearly stated that she was cheating on her husband. He took that information to Tara's husband and tried to convince him of the truth, which, as far as he was concerned, was that not only was his wife unfaithful, but that she never even had cancer at all.
And that is the last I know of the story. I distanced myself from the aftermath because I didn't want to see the mess that it created, but I'm sure that it wasn't pretty.
Additional details:
Almost as soon as I had started talking to Mike about this whole situation, my brother emailed me saying that he had never wanted to say it outloud, but he was sitting around thinking about his time with Tara (about a year after they broke up) and ALL OF A SUDDEN his brain went "There is no Dr. Al." He just had an epiphany; all of the details came together at once. Turns out he had figured it out a long time before I ever did, but he never told anyone his suspicions because you know, what a horrible accusation to make, if it wasn't true.
He also told me the real reason he lost interest in Tara. He said at the time he couldn't put his finger on it, but the best way to explain it was that her "stories didn't add up". She contradicted herself a lot, or something like that.
Also, there was another guy (who my brother & I both know) who had "been with" Tara (while she was married, but he didn't know that either). This guy worked with my brother, and guess what these two called her behind her back, even all those years ago?
THE GIRL WHO FAKED HER CANCER.