In a Town of Pretenders, Two Deaths Outed Them All

The deaths of Corinne and Jayne Peters shocked the sleepy suburb of Coppell, Texas.

This story is one of loss, but it’s also about a place, my hometown. Coppell, a white, upper-middle-class suburb, sits between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Friday nights roar with football, children play at the quaintly named Kid Kountry, and the smell of barbecue drips out into the street from Hard-8.

I came of age in that town. The people ooze beauty, money, and cookie-cutter…