Prologue to Murder

When Dr. Toppell graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1963 with a degree in History and Political Science, he obviously went straight to the Emory University School of Medicine. Then to paraphrase an old saying, he scratched GTT in the front of their duplex. The Toppell's had Gone to Texas. After his Internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine, he spent five years in the Army, where he trained in pulmonary diseases and Critical Care Medicine. He and Loretta and their children returned to Houston where Loretta raised Scott, Brenna, and Ken. With some time out for lectures on American History, he practiced medicine for forty-seven years. They now live in Plano, TX. where he reads, writes, and enjoys life with his wife of fifty-seven years.