Goodbye Butterfly – Ernie W. Webb III

My mother-in-law’s story on ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’ in the local paper: Sports writer evolves into published author

Leave a Comment / faith, Goodbye Butterfly, true crime / By Ernie W. Webb III

Note: This story ran in the Aug. 22, 2024, edition of the Osage County Herald-Chronicle, which was the first paper I worked at as a high school student in the early 1990s and later as a sports editor during college. It was written by Sheila Curtis, who is not only a mentor (my high school […]

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The death penalty and its role in ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’

“If the death penalty had been Kansas law that day, he would probably be on death row at this very moment.” It’s a quote from Bob Keller 30 years ago that I included in “Goodbye, Butterfly: Murder, faith and forgiveness in a small Kansas town.” The line is in Chapter 16, “A Nobel Fight,” which