Due to limited space, we usually use overall shots in print. Most of the time the detail shot won't run and only sometimes does it end up online. Details are a very useful storytelling tool, when done right they give you an insight into someone's personality. On July 3rd, we ran a story about Teresa Howard who was killed when her estranged husband, James Henry Radford, allegedly used a 22 caliber rifle to shoot his wife and her best friend Martha Worrells in Worrells' kitchen on May 21st. I accompanied Brie Handgraaf, the reporter, on one of her visits with Martha. Martha took us through the house, describing the altercation, showing us Teresa's room, where her belongings still lay in boxes, as she was in the process of moving in with Martha to escape Radford at the time of her death. She showed us photos of the two of them, the journey of their friendship throughout the years. As we came back to the kitchen, where the murder took place, Brie and I noticed a sign hanging on the kitchen door. Martha explained that she and Teresa had picked up the sign on their last vacation together and it's been hanging on the door ever since. Generally, I don't take pictures of signs. But this sign stopped both Brie and I cold. Sometimes showing an item that someone holds dear can sum up the relationship of two people and speaks volumes about those people.














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