Details: After dropping out of high school, Lorene Roberts worked as a waitress in Austin, Texas. In 1949, Lorene met a young serviceman; just ten days later, they were married. They had three children, and in 1956, they moved to her husband's hometown in New Jersey. Her husband's family disliked Lorene; they even bought her and the children train tickets back to Texas. After returning to Austin, Lorene and her husband divorced. Lorene worked and had her oldest son watch the younger children. Lorene, however, was unable to raise and support her children, so she gave them up for adoption. Lorene's emotional and mental states began to deteriorate; she eventually asked her sister Virginia to take her to the state mental hospital. Between 1957 and 1961, Lorene was admitted to the hospital five