 A May 1996 issue of Redbook featured an essay by Ann Slegman , a friend of Green 's who lived in the same neighborhood as the Farrar family . The article covered the author 's personal history with Green , the fire , and the subsequent investigation and ended with the author 's statement that " It is also possible that an entirely different personality — disassociated from the Debora I knew — committed this crime . [ ... ] The Debora I knew would not have killed her children . " 
