1983 - Heather (12 yrs old) meets
Thomas "Tommy" Howard Price, Jr. (14 yrs old)
- The beginning signs of abuse appear, but no one recognizes them.
- He shows undue
concern for where she is and what she's doing.
- At first, she believes this
as “Him just caring,” and it takes her years to realize that he was in fact, controlling.
1986 - During the summer, Heather babysat for my children.
8/26/1987 - From incident not related to their relationship, Tommy was convicted in Union County as a youthful offender
of…
- (Attempted) Kidnapping/Abduction as a Felon, Class
H.
- Released one year later from NC Dept of Corrections,
Division of Prisons, for that offense.
7/1989 - While she was pregnant,
physical abuse began to surface. He forcefully pushed her to the ground. She forgave him.
8/5/1989 - They married, after which they had two children.
- Shortly therafter,
his drug use intensified … As did the verbal and physical abuse.
9/7/1994
- The major incident that brought about "Her Story"
-
Her struggle to see justice served began and continues to this day.
2/16/1995
- He is convicted of…
- Assault With A Deadly Weapon With Intent to Commit Serious Bodily Injury.
- Assault With A Deadly Weapon.
- Kidnapping First Degree.
- North Carolina Department of Corrections Prison term of 24 yrs. begins.
- In late 1995, and
while he is still in prison, the Death Threat (on Related Pictures page) arrives in her mail.
2/14/1996 - The divorce from him that she has filed becomes final.
1996 - While still in NC State Prison custody, Thomas H. Price, Jr is found guilty of "Mailing Threatening
Communication" in Federal Court.
- Federal sentence of 5 yrs to run consecutive to State
sentence of 24 yrs.
5/1998 - Heather remarries.
1998 - Tommy mails birthday card (appears to be subtle threat to Heather & family) from prison
to his 8 yr old daughter.
11/2004 - Tommy is transferred from NC Dept of
Corrections to Federal custody.
- Bennettsville Federal Correctional Institution, 696 Muckerman
Road, Bennettsville, SC 29512.
- Projected release date of Apr 29, 2009 is set.
11/2005 - I began writing my story about Heather. A friend found her and made contact arrangements.
- She & I spent endless hours communicating as she filled me in on details and told me her story.
5/2006 - Letter from Tommy to their two daughters arrives in Heather's mailbox (How did he
get their address?)
- Heather opens it, reads it, then shows it to daughters...
- He asks daughters to contact him behind Heather's back.
6/2006 - By letter,
Heather asks to meet with him in prison (she'd like to bring a female friend along too.)
- Tommy denies
request of bringing friend ... She must come by herself.
- End of contact.
