News at Eleven: The day before, she [Pat Lowther] had told

Patrick Lane that she would be there, even though her husband, Roy, had threatened her. He was the poet, he had shouted. It should have been him reading to the workers, not her. From the office in the hall, Patrick dialled the Lowther house and listened to the phone ring and ring. After 10 more minutes of waiting, the emcee insisted that the readings begin.

Pat Lowther never showed up. That night, her husband bludgeoned her with a hammer and dumped her body into Furry Creek.

from The Globe and Mail: A poet's resurrection

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