She will die soon. He knows the date. Even the exact time. It will happen on September 9, 1949, at exactly 10:35 am. It should be pretty quick. She might be looking out the window. Or read something. Perhaps she will still hear the bang or the flash of light. And before she even understands what’s happening, death will come and get her. And he, Joseph Albert Guay, will finally be free.

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