Poor Wilma Harvey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                What did Wilma Harvey do, to end up meeting her demise, at the hands of David Mark Pruett?????????   And what was Marlo Thomas doing, narrating a story that, truthfully, belonged more on "Unusual Suspects" than "Happily Never After!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                 They say "Virginia Is For Lovers," but that scum, Pruett, took care of that.  Wilma was a mid-thirties woman, a music teacher, who had resigned herself to being a spinster.  Well, you know what happens, darlings, just when one does so, along comes Mr. Right!  Wilma's was Richard Harvey, a Virginia restaurateur.  At first, Richard would not commit, but once Wilma pinned him down, dolls, he caved in, which shows that he really loved her.

                                   Richard and Wilma were married, and happily settled into their Virginia Beach home.  But this happiness ended, ten months later, on February 13, 1985--just one day before Valentine's Day; can you imagine?  Richard was out of town, and his "best friend," David Mark Pruett, who had acted as caterer at their wedding, paid her a visit that morning.  Richard was out of town, and he ostensibly stopped by to "check up" on her!  Yeah, right!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   During the visit, the paper boy stopped by to collect his fee, and Wilma paid him out of money hidden in a wooden box.  David Pruett was sitting in the living room, then, and the boy could see another person was present in that house, but he couldn't tell gender, or anything.  David then got the idea of robbing Wilma, and, when she returned, and told him she had to get ready for church, he asked to use her bathroom, before leaving.  She said yes, and went upstairs.  When Pruett was done, he approached her in the bedroom, demanding sex, at knife point, and then raped her.  He then slashed her throat and body, leaving her nude hands tied,  but with glasses on, in one of the most horrible displays of carnage that police force had seen.

                                 What no one--not Wilma, Richard, or anyone--knew, was that David had a criminal past. Back in 1975, he had murdered Deborah McGinnis, a coworker at Kentucky Fried Chicken, who, interestingly enough, had recently gotten married!!!!!!!!!!

                                      I wonder what Pruett's issues were?  Inability to find a relationship?  At the time of his execution, on December 16, 1993, Pruett had a wife; though that might have happened, while he was in prison.  Did he long for Wilma or Deborah?????????  Or was sexuality an issue; on "Happily Never After,"
narrator Marlo suggests David might have been obsessed with Richard, and jealous that now he spent more time with Wilma!  And Richard had hired him, as a cook, at his restaurant!!!!!!!!!  Who was it who said,
"Beware of mad dogs lurking.....????  Richard should have had his guard up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   David Pruett deserved what he got, but Richard and Wilma did not!  Just ten months
of happiness, and then...snuffed out by scum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have never seen a more disturbing episode of this program!

                                   Which goes to show how essential background checks are!  Unless one is dealing with Mary Poppins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!