In April 2002, Janine Latus' youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer.

"Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved," it read, "but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways.

Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do.

If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me..."^[0]