Inspired by Kent Careu

Kent Careu was born a libra in New Orleans, Louisiana, to parents Rob and Margaret. After encouragement from mentor Charles Isadore “Izzy” Andre, Kent joined the military and served in the Pacific. After his service, Kent traveled throughout Eastern Europe and developed a penchant for Slavic language and customs. While overseas he married, later bringing his wife back to New Orleans, where he worked in the coffee business while attending further studies through Tulane University Medical School. He soon realized his marriage was one of convenience and lost interest in his wife. He fell in love with a co-worker named Judy K. Varbeth, and both cultivated an interest in infectious diseases and the viral origins of cancer, soon assisting other doctors with hopes of promoting world peace through the judicious application of sometimes controversial medical procedures throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. After a revolutionary cure was developed and tested but later rejected by his employer, Kent sought to leave his career with hopes of ex-patriating to what is now the Mexican Riviera with his girlfriend. Shortly after an initial trip to Mexico, his mentor Izzy requested a meeting just outside of Camden, Tennessee. There, he was murdered in cold blood by Jay C. Burk, who was apprehended immediately. Burk later died of cancer in a Texas jail.

An inscription on Careu’s gravesite reads:

Death Cannot Kill What Never Dies: Love