Days before their wedding rehearsal dinner, Burris admitted to Carpenter he'd had a vasectomy before meeting her. Although he offered to reverse the procedure, the chances of the couple having children would be reduced because of his past surgery. Schmidt wrote in her book, "Karen felt betrayed. Burris had lied to her; he had withheld this information for the duration of their courtship and engagement, knowing full well that starting a family was at the top of Karen's list of priorities." Carpenter wanted to cancel the wedding, but her mother would not let her. Agnes already had financed most of the wedding expenses and the invitations had been sent. She told her daughter she could not ba...