Peggy O'Dell attended the class of '89 with Billy Miles, Theresa Nemman, Ray Soames and Karen Swenson. Around the same time, both she and Billy Miles were involved in an automobile accident on State Road. They were both diagnosed with an unidentifiable form of post-traumatic stress, similar to a condition that Ray Soames suffered. Additionally, Peggy O'Dell became confined to a wheelchair while Billy Miles lapsed into a "waking coma". Following the accident, they permanently stayed at Oregon Memorial Psychiatric Hospital in Raymon County, Oregon, where they were treated under the supervision of a Doctor William Glass for four years.