text:  Wow. And Debbie, how exactly did he get this story out there in the public? In 1972, he shared some of his correspondence with the Associated Press. Jean Heller, an investigative journalist with AP at the time, recalls when she opened the letters. Revulsion. I literally didn't want the story to be true because I could not believe that that could go on in this country. That sort of thing could go on in this country.