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"Well, she was upset when she came in the house that evening. I could tell just by looking at her that something was wrong. When she originally wouldn't tell me what was bothering her, my first thought was that she had done something with the car, cracked a cylinder head or something. "But right after she told me what happened, I couldn't make up my mind whether it actually happened or whether it all happened as she said it did. I don't know. I had doubts about whether it was something psychological - or whether something actually did happen. And I still haven't made up my mind on that score. As long as I haven't seen anything myself, I still don't know." one." Up to the time of my interview with her, she was still having headaches and nightmares. She refuses to drive along that same highway. Route 34 between Auburn and Ithaca, after dark. She shuns it whenever she can during the daytime. Rita Malley responded with a nervous laugh. Then she said, quietly but firmly, "I hope he does see