While tearing down a wall in the du Rones’ bungalow, JB and Sam discover a hammer hidden inside and identify it as the weapon used in the murder of Isaiah Wechsler, who lived in the house next door in the 1930s. The murderer’s spirit is disturbed, casting a pall over the house until his bones are uncovered and identified with the help of Sookie and the du Rones’ nanny, Quiana Wong, who is a psychic. The spirit rests when the bones are reinterred in Sookie’s family plot. JB returns the group to normalcy by confirming plans to finish the work in the house. (DUD, LDID, DD, ATD, DITF, IIHAH; mentioned FDTW, DAG, DR)

du Rone, Mrs.: No first name given. JB’s mother attends Tara’s baby shower for her soon-to-be grandchildren held at Sookie’s house. (Mentioned DR)

du Rone, Robert Thornton: JB and Tara’s son is given his mother’s maiden name as his middle name. (IIHAH)

du Rone, Sara Sookie: Tara and JB’s daughter’s middle name is in honor of her “aunt” Sookie. (IIHAH)

du Rone, Tara Thornton: Sookie’s longtime friend Tara overcomes a tough childhood to own her own business, a clothing store called Tara’s Togs. Tara doesn’t always exercise the best judgment in men and is briefly engaged to Eggs Benedict. She attends the local orgies at his urging, and it is only dumb luck that keeps her alive when Callisto arrives. Her next lover, vampire Franklin Mott, soon passes her to another vampire as payment for a debt. Sookie extricates her from that situation, and Tara eventually recognizes a good man right in front of her in her old high school friend JB du Rone. JB’s simplistic approach to life appeals to Tara, and they marry. When she finds out she is pregnant, Tara vows to give her baby all the love and support that she lacked as a child. To the surprise of Tara, JB, and their doctor, Tara discovers she is pregnant with twins, and soon safely delivers Robert Thornton du Rone and Sara Sookie du Rone.