on a small desk in the back of the room. He stood, brushed the crumbs off his shirt. “How much to rent the computer?”
“A buck for ten minutes, five an hour, ten for three.”
Daniel passed the man a ten, got a slip of paper with a temporary log-in. The chair creaked as he sat down; the computer damn near creaked as he fired it up.
He opened Firefox, waited for it to load, then went to Google and started to type. He’d gotten as far as “Laney Th” when it popped up suggestions: Laney Thayer, Laney Thayer Candy Girls, Laney Thayer Naked, Laney Thayer Accident, Laney Thayer Murder.
The world throbbed out of focus.
Everything blurring but the words “accident” and, worse, “murder.” The letters not making sense. The vicious serifs of the “M,” the complicit wriggle of the “r.” The stone in his stomach twisted, revealing edges that snagged and tore.
Laney Thayer Murder.
Oh god.
He hovered over it. Stared. Foolish, foolish man. It wasn’t a rabbit hole he was falling down. It was an abyss.
5
CNN.com, November 2, 2009
ACTRESS IN FATAL ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES (CNN)—Los Angeles Sheriffs responded to an automobile accident resulting in the apparent death of actress Laney Thayer earlier this afternoon.
Thayer, 30, lost control of her vehicle during a hairpin turn on the Pacific Coast Highway. The 2007 Volkswagen Beetle slid through a barricade and over the edge, falling more than 100 feet before landing upside-down in the water. Preliminary evidence suggests that Thayer was going approximately 75 miles an hour, 30 mph faster than the posted speed limit.
Sheriffs responded quickly, cordoning off the road and calling on the Coast Guard for support. Tidal conditions and the severe slope prohibited officers from reaching the car for nearly an hour.
“At this point, Ms. Thayer’s body has not been recovered,” said Sheriff’s spokesman Parto Barkhordari. “However, given the condition of the vehicle, and the riptides at this time of year, that isn’t surprising.”
Asked whether Thayer could have survived the accident, Barkhordari said, “We’re making every effort to find her. But I don’t see how she could have gone over that cliff and lived.”
The actress starred in the popular television melodrama Candy Girls. Her husband, screenwriter Daniel Hayes, was unavailable for comment.
The Pacific Coast Highway is known as one of the most scenic but dangerous routes in California—
E! Online, November 3, 2009
CANDY GIRL ACCIDENT NO PIECE OF CAKE
Laney Thayer’s story was just getting started . . . until it ended tragically in a car crash that could have been pulled from her hit show .
But now it’s turning out there may be more to her story than anyone guessed.
While sheriffs are close-lipped about the crash, the focus of the investigation is shifting from accidental death to something more ominous.
Murder.
Sources within the LASD have revealed that according to skid marks found on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laney may have been forced off the road.
Husband Daniel Hayes has yet to make a statement—or even appear in public.
Meanwhile, what is it about the PCH and celebrities? Let us count the ways those two don’t mix: Mel Gibson, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Bridget Fonda, Shannen Doherty . . .
Star, News and Gossip, November 4, 2009
LANEY THAYER MOURNED BY HOLLYWOOD, CAST
Since the tragic accident on Monday, outpourings of sympathy have come from every direction.
“Laney was a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul,” said co-star Robert Cameron. “Everyone adored her. Me? I loved her.”
“It’s a total tragedy,” co-star Janine Wilson said. “She was totally like a sister to me.”
Thayer had recently made news with her decision to leave the FX show Candy Girls in the midst of contract disputes. The show, which was a surprise success, has run for four years—
5
PerezHilton.com, November 4, 2009
WHERE IS DANIEL HAYES?
By now everyone knows about Laney
“A buck for ten minutes, five an hour, ten for three.”
Daniel passed the man a ten, got a slip of paper with a temporary log-in. The chair creaked as he sat down; the computer damn near creaked as he fired it up.
He opened Firefox, waited for it to load, then went to Google and started to type. He’d gotten as far as “Laney Th” when it popped up suggestions: Laney Thayer, Laney Thayer Candy Girls, Laney Thayer Naked, Laney Thayer Accident, Laney Thayer Murder.
The world throbbed out of focus.
Everything blurring but the words “accident” and, worse, “murder.” The letters not making sense. The vicious serifs of the “M,” the complicit wriggle of the “r.” The stone in his stomach twisted, revealing edges that snagged and tore.
Laney Thayer Murder.
Oh god.
He hovered over it. Stared. Foolish, foolish man. It wasn’t a rabbit hole he was falling down. It was an abyss.
5
CNN.com, November 2, 2009
ACTRESS IN FATAL ACCIDENT
LOS ANGELES (CNN)—Los Angeles Sheriffs responded to an automobile accident resulting in the apparent death of actress Laney Thayer earlier this afternoon.
Thayer, 30, lost control of her vehicle during a hairpin turn on the Pacific Coast Highway. The 2007 Volkswagen Beetle slid through a barricade and over the edge, falling more than 100 feet before landing upside-down in the water. Preliminary evidence suggests that Thayer was going approximately 75 miles an hour, 30 mph faster than the posted speed limit.
Sheriffs responded quickly, cordoning off the road and calling on the Coast Guard for support. Tidal conditions and the severe slope prohibited officers from reaching the car for nearly an hour.
“At this point, Ms. Thayer’s body has not been recovered,” said Sheriff’s spokesman Parto Barkhordari. “However, given the condition of the vehicle, and the riptides at this time of year, that isn’t surprising.”
Asked whether Thayer could have survived the accident, Barkhordari said, “We’re making every effort to find her. But I don’t see how she could have gone over that cliff and lived.”
The actress starred in the popular television melodrama Candy Girls. Her husband, screenwriter Daniel Hayes, was unavailable for comment.
The Pacific Coast Highway is known as one of the most scenic but dangerous routes in California—
E! Online, November 3, 2009
CANDY GIRL ACCIDENT NO PIECE OF CAKE
Laney Thayer’s story was just getting started . . . until it ended tragically in a car crash that could have been pulled from her hit show .
But now it’s turning out there may be more to her story than anyone guessed.
While sheriffs are close-lipped about the crash, the focus of the investigation is shifting from accidental death to something more ominous.
Murder.
Sources within the LASD have revealed that according to skid marks found on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laney may have been forced off the road.
Husband Daniel Hayes has yet to make a statement—or even appear in public.
Meanwhile, what is it about the PCH and celebrities? Let us count the ways those two don’t mix: Mel Gibson, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Bridget Fonda, Shannen Doherty . . .
Star, News and Gossip, November 4, 2009
LANEY THAYER MOURNED BY HOLLYWOOD, CAST
Since the tragic accident on Monday, outpourings of sympathy have come from every direction.
“Laney was a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul,” said co-star Robert Cameron. “Everyone adored her. Me? I loved her.”
“It’s a total tragedy,” co-star Janine Wilson said. “She was totally like a sister to me.”
Thayer had recently made news with her decision to leave the FX show Candy Girls in the midst of contract disputes. The show, which was a surprise success, has run for four years—
5
PerezHilton.com, November 4, 2009
WHERE IS DANIEL HAYES?
By now everyone knows about Laney
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