Five Reasons Why
Libby Day is Afraid of the Outside World
Libby Day is a mid-twenty woman who lives in the past.
Especially the night that her mother and two sisters were said to be murdered
by her 15 year old brother, Ben Day. Libby lives in a world of fear and denial,
she never wants to come out of her tiny, dead house with her under-fed cat and
breathe some fresh hair. The thing is, she doesn’t have a job and all the money
she got when she was younger, and her “pity money” from the courts is running
out. Libby is forced to meet and talk to members of the “Kill Club” who believe
her brother Ben is innocent. She meets people who know her story better than
she does. People who hate her for putting Ben behind bars, but are willing to
help her to get him out. The question is, why is she so afraid of her own
shadow?
1)
First off, her family WAS said to be murdered by
her brother
Ben Day, her 15 year old brother, was proven guilty behind
the brutal murders of Patty, Michelle, and Danielle Day. I guess if I was
Libby, I’d be a little afraid of my own shadow if I saw my brother kill my mom
and sisters. The thing is, the whole night of the murders is a little fuzzy,
and she was like 5, so people find it hard to believe Libby’s testimony is
anything but scripted.
2)
She was left behind to freeze
Probably the only reason Libby wasn’t killed was because she
jumped out of a two-story window out of her house into freezing cold snow and
was there all night. She lost two toes and almost a few fingers. Libby got to
keep all of the stuff in the Day Murder house that her family left behind. As
if that wasn’t bad enough, now she has a permanent reminder on her foot of what
happened on that cold night of January 3rd.
3)
Insult to Injury: Her brother was a child
molester, too.
So, not only is her brother seen as a murderer, he’s also
known in the town as a child molester. It was actually a complete
misunderstanding. Ben didn’t ever harm a little girl sexually. He kissed a 5th
grader, Krissi Cates, but she was the one who kissed him first. Wild rumors
spread throughout the town, and soon the little girl that had kissed him, was
changing her story around and making crazy accusations that Ben had sexually
hurt her, just so her trophy parents wouldn’t ever think that their little baby
girl had a thing for older high school guys. Libby never wanted to believe her
brother was a killer, let alone a child molester, too. Yet she couldn’t escape
the town’s ancient rumors even if she told everyone it wasn’t true. Ben had
three younger sisters, he’d never hurt a little girl.
4)
Fuzzy Memories
Libby was the only one that lived through the Day murders,
besides Ben. Naturally, she was the one who had to be put on trial and was the
one to say her brother ever did it. There was no direct evidence that ben
killed his family other than that he and his mother had a big fight the night
before, there were fingerprints and his blood in the house (I mean obviously,
he lived there), and Libby’s testimony. Libby can’t exactly remember what
happened that night, all of her memories are a blur. Most believe her whole
testimony was staged, and written up by defense lawyers. None of the stuff that
was said on the stand by Libby was entirely true. Basically her whole town
thinks she’s this big liar who wrongfully convicted her older brother.
5)
Kill Club Creeps
There are these people who know
Libby Day’s life better than she does. They’re called the Kill Club Creeps, and
they’re obsessed with the Day Murders. They all believe that her brother is an
innocent man and think we was wrongfully put in jail. Not only are they
obsessed with her life, they constantly ask Libby for sentimental items that
were left behind in her house. They also ask her to talk to her family who she
hasn’t spoken to since her early teen years, and explore other suspects that
might have killed her family. They’re the huge reason Libby is afraid of the
whole world, they expect so much of someone who lost her best friends in a mysterious`
murder in January of the 1980’s.
