about five years ago with memories about your father and all that. I know it’s personal. I’m not trying to embarrass you, but I know about that, know problems with, you know, keeping the boys out of school and taking the anklet off your son, he had to go to Byron and all that.
“You know, you’ve had some problems around the house. We know about that. You probably saw all the people standing around, there’s a whole bunch of detectives with Detective Costa and I. And there’s other detectives, and we all have little jobs. And one of our jobs here is to interview you and interview Gabe. There’s other people processing the scene. There’s judges that are being contacted. And there’s scientists that are arriving at your house right now and they’re gonna go through that entire house. They vacuum every little particle.”
“Well, that’s good,” Susan agreed.
“Yeah. And there’s some evidence found that you’re probably aware of, there’s evidence that’s already been found that is putting you right up there,” Detective Moule offered.
“Susan, your boys know that you did it,” he continued. “There’s not a doubt in their minds. They know. They go, ‘My mom did this, I know she did it.’”
“I love my children,” Susan insisted.
“They know you did it. You know what, I think you can do them a favor and let them know why, this is why it happened.”
“I love my children even though you’re…”
Detective Moule did not permit Susan to complete her thought. “A lie,” he interjected, his voice rising. “You might as well be spitting in their faces right now.”
“I didn’t do it, no way, that’s ridiculous.”
“You think they’re gonna think that you didn’t do this? They know you did it. Explain why. Tell Detective Costa why and he can document, this is why, this is what’s going on, this is the background, these are the problems.
“You’re going, ‘I didn’t do that.’ They’re going, ‘Bull shit, my mom just killed my father.’”
Detective Costa cut in. “Susan, you’re obviously a smart woman. You have a nice background and everything. Think this through. You’re not gonna get away with this. It’s a done deal.
“We know about how you went up and cleaned up. It’s all figured out. There’s scientists collecting that stuff. You’re not gonna beat this. You’re done. You’re caught up.”
“I didn’t kill my husband. And I would think that nowadays, you know, that you would rely on more than guesswork or, you know, what children in the middle of a divorce would say. I mean you do have technological expertise and I’m sure you’ll figure it out. But I didn’t do it.”
“Well, we’ve already figured out enough to know that you were involved.”
“I was not involved.”
“Your family is a lot more involved than just an argument here and there.”
“Pardon me?” Susan was indignant.
“There’s a lot more going on in your family than just an argument here and there between a couple,” Detective Moule repeated.
“My husband really loved me and the kids, you know, I know that, and he just, you know, I was very fond…”
“I’m sure he did,” Moule interjected. “Did you love him?”
Susan hesitated. “I was very fond…”
The detective looked directly at Susan and demanded, “Did you love him?”
“I did for many years.”
“But not lately.”
“No, I didn’t love him anymore.”
“Did you hate him?” Detective Moule asked.
“No.”
With the progression of the questions, it became clear that the detectives were not going to obtain a confession. Though the evidence was mounting, investigators could not convince Susan to confess to thecrime. Costa insisted that she free herself from the “dream world” in which she was living.
“I’ve been living in a dream world for many years,” Susan replied.
“Well, it’s time to get out of that world, and let’s face reality here.”
“No, I didn’t kill him,”
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