Val Schnurr is the girl who actually professed her faith in the library. Cassie’s mistaken martyrdom provoked vicious attacks on Val. In the midst of her recovery and her grief over Lauren, she was accused of lying relentlessly. “I was so mad at Craig. His screwup caused a lot of negativity to me. It’s hurtful when you’re telling the truth and someone calls you a liar. At my own church pastors ran around telling the Cassie story. I felt they were part of this contingent that was calling me a liar.”
