Love You More: My Fight for Justice for My Daughter Book

A true story of a devastating loss, a mother's love, and the search for justice in the face of heartbreak On September 7, 2005, at 3:30 in the morning, the phone rang at the home of Janet Pelasara, in Vienna, Virginia. The call was from a police officer at Virginia Commonwealth University, where Janet's seventeen-year-old daughter, Taylor Behl, had just begun freshman year. Taylor had not been seen since Monday evening, the officer told Pelasara. Within hours, Pelasara was on her way to the campus in Richmond, and two days later her frantic search led her to the door of the man who would later be charged and convicted of Taylor's murder. His name was Ben Fawley. "You don't know anything about your daughter," he said. "She's not the good little girl you think she is." One night several months earlier, Pelasara had walked into Taylor's room to use her computer. Ben Fawley had been on-line, trying to find Taylor, and Pelasara was quick to identify herself as Taylor's mother. "Now that Taylor will be going to VCU, I hope you will keep an eye out for her," she wrote. "She's only seventeen and this is her first time on her own." "I'll be glad to," Fawley wrote back. Love you More is a story that will resonate for parents everywhere. Each year, thousands of mothers and fathers leave their children at unfamiliar college campuses, where they are expected to begin the first phase of their journey into adulthood. And each year, on the drive home, already missing them, these same parents hope and pray that their children will adapt and thrive. It is also a story that will resonate for students everywhere. In this day and age, where cyberspace has become the place to stay in touch with friends and meet new people, we seldom stop to think that we may be saying too much, and to too many. Before you type that revealing entry, it's wise to ask, Who's watching? Read More