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Until her accident, Karen had lived a fairly ordinary life. She was born Mary Anne Monahan in a hospital for unwed mothers in Scranton, Pa. The Quinlans adopted her at four weeks, renamed her, and gave her a strict Roman Catholic upbringing in Roxbury Township, N.J. She was an average student, good at swimming and skiing, popular with classmates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Hands of the Lord At Last: Karen Ann Quinlan: 1954-1985 | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

...avenged the humiliations by choosing targets who resembled his dark-haired mother, sometimes jamming a gloved hand far down their throats. The brutal attacks were accompanied by obscene verbal abuse, threats of death and curiously polite asides. After the rape of "Sunshine" Shelly Monahan, a popular Spokane disc jockey, Coe asked the battered woman in executive tones, "How do you plan to further your radio career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Victims | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...indicates, suffering is the operative word in the lives of almost everyone in "Son." Without prurience, he adds up the aftermath of Coe's vicious spree: years later, some of his victims cannot stand to be touched, a few are frigid, and all are afflicted by violent dreams. Monahan's marriage ended in divorce. Said her husband: "We'd had a good marriage, and after that we just started to go apart." Alone, she slept in a closet. To her, "night smells different from day. Night smells like rape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Victims | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Comments--This squad has a heavy Boston flavor, and rightfully so, Snooks Kelley is the Head Coach Emeritus, the team plays at McHugh Forum, and is covered by Bob Monahan...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fusco the Irishman and Other Stars | 2/12/1982 | See Source »

...after playing a listless first half, the Springfield offense came out smoking in the second half. With less than 30 seconds gone on the clock. Springfield forward Sue Monahan put the ball in the net as a mob of players surrounded the Crimson goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Last-Minute Tally Sinks Stickwomen | 10/16/1981 | See Source »

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