Marsha Rene seemed destined for the good life, raised by loving parents in a Long Island suburb where she and her brothers often rode their bikes until their father's whistle summoned them home for dinner.
But at eight years old, her father died, leaving Marsha, her mother, and her brothers struggling to move forward.
In a few short years, Marsha, still grieving, became a drug addict and, in the drug underworld of '90s New York, experienced sex.