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 Katrina Anne Brook was born on October 13, 1983, in Charleston,
South Carolina. Her parents are Dr. and Mrs. Cooper Brook. Dr. Brook
is a respected dentist of twenty-three years with an office in downtown
Charleston. Mrs. Brook does charity work with the South Carolina Literacy
Program and the South Carolina Blood Bank. Katrina is
the second of three daughters. Her older sister Angelique, 24, is
in law school at The University of Virginia. Her younger sister
Beatrice Lynn, though everyone calls her Belle, is a 17-year-old senior at a private school in
Charleston and plans to attend dental school like her father.
Katrina
is a junior theatre major at The University of Mississippi with a 3.4
GPA and was chosen by Fitz to play the lead female role in his
film.
Members of the theatre department student association say that Fitz
approached Brook one day in April after open rehearsals for the play
Macbeth at Fulton Chapel, the school's theatre auditorium. Brook
had the plum role of Lady Macbeth, and the play was sold out for three
consecutive nights on April 16-18 in part due to her
strong performance.
Witnesses say that Fitz complimented Brook on her spirit and
awareness on the stage and proposed that she take the lead role in his
new production, entitled Bacchanals' Destruction. She eagerly accepted
and began immersing herself in what friends termed "a bad situation"
involving Fitz, Brett Flamé, and other local people on the fringe
of the Oxford theatre world who were spending up to twelve hours a day
together in preparation for Fitz's film.
Witnesses say that Fitz was very demanding of Brook and insisted
that she talk to no outsiders about the project. As a result, her social
life greatly diminished, and her friends began worrying about her personal
health and safety. She dismissed them, telling them that she was
excited about this project and that it could most certainly be her big
break into movies.
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