. >>> ed post met julie thigpen when they were both students at the university of southern mississippi in the 1960s. they married in 1967, had two daughters, and moved to new orleans. ed went to work in the real estate business. his outgoing personality and sophisticated manner made him a successful salesman right from the start. >> i thought ed was a good fellow, what you'd expect a real estate salesman to be, kind of relentlessly cheerful. >> after a few years, ed post became part owner of the wagner truax real estate firm. julie post also joined the company and was very successful, selling over a million dollars of real estate every year from 1982 on. in june of 1986, the posts attended a real estate convention in st. louis, missouri, at the omni hotel at union station. on the morning of june 3rd, ed post decided to go jogging before the meeting started. he said he drew his wife a bath and woke her before leaving around 7:00 a.m. on his way out, he thanked the hotel's concierge for a suggestion she made to the posts the day before. ed post jogged past busch stadium, around the city'