Although Detective Steele and Gloria were friend,he soon began to suspect her of the murder.Instead of going to ben's funeral,Gloria ran away.Detective Steele thought that this was a strange way for her to behave.Six years later,she was found living in another town with a man named Carl Thatcher.Detective Steele wanted to put her on trial for murder,but he had only one piece of evidence against her.A shopkeeper in Aspen had sold Gloria some rat poison two weeks before Ben's death.The most important thing was for Detective Steele to find a motive for the murder