[kelpier]

Thank you. Yes, Augusta is a fairly small town. Big enough, but not even close to the size of Atlanta or a larger city. For many of us who were born and raised here, it seems almost impossible to go anywhere without running into someone you know. I can tell you that having a father in the public eye made my getting away with anything growing up almost impossible lol. I couldn't even go on a date without running into some friend of the family.

[AnAmericanMother]

Actually, Atlanta is still somewhat the same way - more than you'd think, because the corporate transients come and go, while the core of Old Atlanta remains. The old guard tend to hang out together, and my husband and I are always running into people we know.

My grandfather moved to Atlanta from Augusta in 1914 to attend Georgia Tech. His father's family moved there from Scotland in the 1860s. My grandmother was also from Augusta, her family was from Charleston, she worked as a bacteriologist at MCG until she married my grandfather in 1920. They eventually settled in Atlanta, but they kept contacts in the Augusta area for a long time. Unfortunately, the only relatives I have there now are in Magnolia Cemetery.

Sorry you were "under suspicion" for a little while, but you wouldn't believe the problems FR has with people (probably mostly bored teenagers) who sign on pretending to be friends/acquaintances/relatives of a perp or victim of a violent crime. However, as noted above, they are usually semi-literate and just abuse everybody until they are shut down.