Tracey Herold and the "Judy Day" saga - sinister any way you look at it.

Tracey Herold has been telling many people that the character named Judy Day killed her abusive husband, so everyone should go easy on Judy.  As a result, people who had been nasty to Judy apologized to Judy, because they believed Tracey that Judy Day was the woman from Oregon who had shot her abusive husband.

Judy Day herself told people that Ralph Painter, the chief of police of Rainier, Washington who had been shot to death, was her uncle.  Her profile photo was of Chief Painter's funeral procession.  Now it's the blue line on a black background that symbolizes a fallen officer.

Why no one checked into either Tracey's story or Judy's story is beyond me.  I know you'll get sick of me saying this, but "Trust NO ONE on the internet."

Simple logic.  Judy Day, who killed her husband, is 66 years old.  Ralph Painter was 55 years old when he fell in the line of duty. Just those two facts should prod someone to look a little deeper into the conflicting tales of Tracey and Judy.

And the fact that the real Judy Day is still in prison - where she has been since 2004, and where she'll sit until 2024, with no possibility of parole.

So here's what it comes down to: either Tracey is lying, or Judy is lying.  Or Tracey is Judy, and she doesn't like to be challenged, either as Tracey or as her alt Judy.  I'm leaning toward the latter, but there is one more explanation.

If Judy Day is just a fake name for Ralph Painter's niece, then the only niece he has who has publicly commented on Chief Painter's death is a 20 year old named Catlyn Painter. She's not his niece, but she married his nephew Joshua Painter in 2009.  It's possible, I suppose.

It may be that Judy Day is just another alt that Tracey Herold adopted to do her dirty work.  As many lies as Tracey has told, it's unrealistic to think that she'll tell the truth about this.