An interview with Michelle Theer: 'Marty was really a nice guy'
A. Two years, and then they moved the unit that he was assigned to–Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Valdosta.
Q. How long were you there?
A. Well, I wasn't. Actually, I never went there because I still had one more year of graduate school. So, I stayed in Florida [for] my third year of graduate school while Marty lived in Valdosta, and then I went and did my residency in Auburn, Ala., while Marty did his second year in Valdosta.
Q.You did the residency where?
A. Auburn, Ala., at the VA, the Tuskeegee VA.
Q. When did you get your master's?
A. . . . I want to say 1997, from Florida Tech.
Q. You got your doctorate at Florida Tech?
A. Yeah, in 1999.
Q. You never actually moved to Georgia?
A. No. . . He would have moved there [Valdosta] in 1997.
Q. So when do you end up together again?
A. In Fayetteville.
Q. For that two-year period, 1997, 1998, are you apart?
A. . . . He was in Kuwait a lot of that time. So, when he was in the country, we would spend weekends together. . . .
Q. So, 1999, in Fayetteville, what month did you move there?
A. He must have come here like in June, and I came at the end of August.
Q. Had you lined up your job with Tom Harbin, a psychologist in Fayetteville?
A. Yes.
Q. Was Fayetteville a tough experience for you?
A. Yes. . . working at the VA. . . before I even knew we were moving here, I had heard nightmare stories about this place from all the Vietnam vets who had been through here on their way to Vietnam. . . I heard about Fayette-Hell, Fayette-Nam, Fatal-Ville. . . .
Q. Did you have a specialty as a psychologist?
A. No, I don't think so. . . I was just still a generalist. I did a little of everything. . . . I think I was very good in relating to my clients. I think I was very good in building empathy with them, very good in connecting with them. A lot of people told me I was very good with adolescents. . . .
Part 3: A deadly mix
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