OLATHE, Kansas -- "Is everything OK?" Denton Loudermill Jr. texted his attorney the morning of April 10. Loudermill would check in like that when the weight of everything got too heavy. But LaRonna Lassiter Saunders was on the road and knew she would have to carve out some time for him. She'd call him later.
For Lassiter Saunders, sometimes it felt as if she was more like Loudermill's therapist than his attorney. She knew he was just trying to navigate a life that had been upended on the afternoon of Feb. 14, 2024 -- the day of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII victory parade and rally.