A king room at the Super 8 motel in Kingston, N.Y., is a forlorn place. It shows a lone car on a two-lane road, sandy hills beneath fluffy white clouds in the distance. 102, the last one on the right at the end of a narrow, dimly lit hallway. With her was Stephen P. Miller, a former doctor from Arizona with a prison term in his past. Ms. Brodhead, a 59-year-old Kingston native, had lived with severe pain in her neck and back most of her adult life.

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Persons: Doreen Brodhead, Stephen P, Miller, Brodhead Locations: Kingston , N.Y, Arizona, Kingston