Crime Scene -

- I'm wondering about the note analysis. The examiner does imply that the note was written by a male, but he does not state any evidence supporting that. I wonder if he's just using the male pronoun as a default.

- I also want to know who Frannie and Steve are... it would make sense that they were the cleaners, but...

- The fingerprint evidence has Rick's fingerprints all over stuff that he had no business touching: her filing cabinets, her computer screen, her smartphone, and her paperweight. Is it possible that she had something on him that he was looking to find and take back? Also, why the paperweight? Was he looking for the safe deposit key?

I think the clown is going to be a photo of someone there that was taken a long time ago. Perhaps a situation of someone trying to hide something in the past. Who knows, maybe a witness protection thing going on. But, yes, I think the clown is somebody in this case. The Mayor? Someone in the gambling photo?
Speaking of fingerprints and files.... Did you notice that Rick's prints were on the file cabinet where those files were? Why would he be going through her files if he weren't looking for something in particular? This man has some issues going on. Wouldn't it be a twist if it were Rick that was the clown and that was what she threw in his face at the open house?
I'm not sure the note has anything to do with the murder either. We got a handwriting analysis off it but no prints?

Good questions, Madison. I think Frannie might have been the cleaning lady but I don't know about Steve. I also would like to know why Monica didn't have her friend Nicole sign her will instead of Rick. That at least means he knew about it. But what would make her go all the way to Memphis to get a safety deposit box? Lori already knew she was the executor of the will and what was in it so she would have had to had a copy of it. Strange that she is trying to find the letters she wrote to Monica. I've been thinking there has to be a clue there somewhere. What do you think?

It's nice to know that Rep. Hagen was in the photo of the poker game. I'll lay a bet that the gentleman has a lot more to hide than just a photo because he didn't want to name the other men in it. Why didn't they ask Frank Knight if it was the same guys all the time or different ones? The photos must have been taken with a hidden camera for Hagen not to know they existed until Monica started blackmailing him. So who set the camera up? How did Monica get her hands on the pictures? Could have been taken through a window, I suppose. Could she get close enough to take a picture without them seeing a flash? I know there is a zoom on a camera but if the picture was taken at night, someone should have seen the flash.
Could it be that Rick knew about the blackmailing scam and that that was what he and Monica argued about all the time? It might explain his reluctance to talk to investigators. They need to interview Rick pretty quick. He just looks worse and worse from where I sit.

I don't know how the handwriting expert knows that the note was written by a male, but how many people do we know that use printing and not cursive writing that are women? I know several men who write that way, but not one woman. I feel that since the analyst says the writing shows someone full of rage and unable to control the emotions that it sounds like Melvin Roberts, even though I don't know why he'd say that she(Monica) should be there when he calls. Maybe they became close following the trial and acquittal.

It does look like Rick was searching everywhere in Monica's office for something. So far, we don't know if they took prints from Monica's home.

Something Lori Schultz said about Monica seems strange, too. She was speaking about the key under the statuette and she said that Monica never did weird things like that. That's a little puzzling.

About the photos. You can tell by the photo that someone else was sitting at the table. That was probably Monica. Do you think maybe she had a hidden camera on her jacket that no one would notice? It will be interesting to find out who else was in the photo besides Rep. Hagen and Frank Knight. I bet one of them is Rick and the photos may be what he was searching for, if, in fact, he was the one searching.

You could be right about someone in the case being the clown. I'm not sure of that yet.

I am wondering if Rick knew about those photos and wanted them so he could blackmail the Congressman again. So many questions.

Also I noticed when I was reading what Rick said to the Oxford Weekly Planet, I didn't see any emotion coming from him about Monica's death.

I like the interviews that we got today.

I've been thinking more about the case. One scenario could be that Monica was trying to blackmail Congressman Hagen again, since she didn't destroy the photos. So, he would want those photos in a bad way. I don't think he would dare kill Monica or search for them, but he would get someone else to do it. That someone could be Frank Wright, since he seems so willing to help Hagen anytime. He could've worn gloves and not leave any prints anywhere. Hagen could have other henchmen he could pay to take care of it, too.

Of course, that doesn't rule out everyone else. It's just one scenario. We have to know more about the mayor, Nicole, Rick, Craig, etc., and Candy Roberts could even be the guilty party.

I forgot how much fun this is!