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J.K. Rowling: Cassidy Stay, Shooting Survivor, Gets Mail From Author

J.K. Rowling: Cassidy Stay, Shooting Survivor, Gets Mail From Author
JK Rowling, left, and Cassidy Stay. (Ian West/PA Photos/Landov; Daniel Kramer/Reuters/Landov)

By    |   Friday, 08 August 2014 02:38 PM EDT

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling sent Cassidy Stay, the teen survivor of a shooting rampage that killed her family, a letter and a package, Rowling's publicist said.

Stay was the only survivor when Ronald Lee Haskell allegedly methodically executed her parents and four siblings at their suburban Houston home last month.

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Publicist Rebecca Salt isn't describing the contents of Rowling's mailing to Stay, saying the package is private.

Speaking at a public gathering days after the shootings last month, the 15-year-old girl paraphrased a quote by Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts school of wizards from the Harry Potter books. Stay said: "Happiness can be found even in darkest of times, if one remembers to turn on the light."

Stay survived a head wound by playing dead. Haskell, her aunt's ex-husband faces multiple capital murder charges in the shootings.

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"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling sent Cassidy Stay, the teen survivor of a shooting rampage that killed her family, a letter and a package, Rowling's publicist said.
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