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.