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Playing With Hearts Darlene Vander Giesen and Daphne Wright

In season 3 episode  6  "Playing With Hearts" is the South Dakota story of Darlene Vander Giesen and Daphne Wright. Unfortunately, Daphne can not handle competition or rejection and kills Darlene.

The show is described as  in Sioux Falls' deaf community, Darlene Vander Giesen finds the perfect romance until a jealous friend severs the bond. Later, pilot Lance Anderson makes flight attendant, Kathi, his wife. When she meets Capt. Gerald Russell, heavy turbulence ensues.

In August 2004, Wright and her girlfriend Sallie Collins moved into the home of Wright's friend, Jackie Chesmore.   Both Wright and Collins were deaf, and in September, Collins moved to an apartment complex known within the Sioux Falls deaf community as the “deaf apartments.”   While living there, Collins became friends with Darlene VanderGiesen, who was also deaf.

Wright became jealous of VanderGiesen and thought that VanderGiesen was trying to destroy Wright's relationship with Collins.   On February 1, 2006, Wright met VanderGiesen at a Pizza Hut restaurant ostensibly to plan a Valentine's Day surprise for Collins.   VanderGiesen was never seen again.   Two days after the meeting, VanderGiesen's father reported that his daughter was missing.   The next day, police found VanderGiesen's vehicle abandoned in the Pizza Hut parking lot.   VanderGiesen's car keys, house keys, wallet, and identification were missing.   Police also found clothing matching the description of what VanderGiesen had been wearing on the last day she had been seen.

 

You can write to Daphne Wright at:

Daphne Wright  #1231
South Dakota Women's Prison
3200 East SD Highway 34
Pierre, SD 57501-5400





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