Although detective steele and Gloria were friends,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.