To Kill A Mockingbird Pros And Cons

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Significantly, Private detective, Fred Otash, hid documents and tape of Marilyn’s affair with the Kennedy brothers and the day of her death. Later, Otash daughter, Colleen, would find and release these evidence. Otash knew that the FBI had wired her homeOn the day of her death, Otash taped an argument Marilyn had with Robert Kennedy and Peter Lawford. ‘"She said she was passed around like a piece of meat” Otash reported. (news.com).’ The entire argument was reported to be about Marilyn’s relationship with the brothers. Eventually, the argument turned extremely violent. "She was really screaming and they were trying to quiet her down. She's in the bedroom and Bobby gets the pillow, and he muffles her on the bed to keep the neighbors from hearing.

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