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The telephone rang April 7th, and Betty Godbey answered

A police officer told her that her husband, Delbert Godbey, had been murdered in a mobile

home he was renting in Cebola, Arizona

His credit cards, checkbook, identification, and wallet were missing

The death certificate listed the cause of death as a blunt force, and said Godbey had

been beaten by assailants

He might have been dead since March 24th

She thumbs through photos that her husband had sent during the solo vacation that he'd

always dreamed of taking

Ducks drift on the Colorado River near Parker, Arizona, protected wild burros roamed the