Crime Scene -

I had the same thought earlier that Hagen could have gotten someone to do the job for him. Especially since the detectives mention him associating with some unsavory characters in the poker games. Is Frank one of the unsavory characters? Sounds like it to me.
I have been going back through Lori's statement when she found the key. She wants her letters back that she wrote to Monica but couldn't find them. How did she know that Monica would keep them? I still am sure that there is a clue in those letters somewhere. Have you noticed she likes to use a lot of exclamation points herself? I know they said the note didn't match her hand writing sample but the thing is, anyone can change their style of writing. I do it all the time. I can write slow and round like some people, I can slant letters to the right or left. My printing doesn't look anything like my cursive writing. Not saying that's what it is but handwriting can be disguised. I also agree that most men print instead of writing in cursive though.
We have apparently got handwriting samples of all the main characters, she associated with, but what about someone from her past? Like Tommy or Bobby Upshaw? Do you think we need to look beyond the obvious? What about Lori's husband, Scott?
I think Monica was keeping a lot of things from her best friend. Otherwise, why wouldn't her executor know about a safety deposit box? She didn't tell anyone about it and she went way out of her way to get one. She obviously didn't want anyone in town knowing about it either.
One question leads to three more but I love it.

Yes, Frank just sounds like someone who was on the rough side of the law. I don't trust him at all. I hope we get another interview with him and maybe even someone who knows him real well.
I've been thinking about those letters, too. Maybe Monica hid those letters somewhere else, since she probably knew that Lori would have to know there was a safety deposit box with all Monica's important papers would be. It makes me wonder just how much Monica has told Lori about her life. I mean, the poker games and the money. Since Lori was her best friend, she might have told her everything. We need to h ear more about Lori and Monica's relationship, I think.

The key being hidden under the Greek statue might be a clue, too. Why did she choose that and does it have more importance than we're giving it?

The note is something else. I don't know if it's really possible to hide your normal handwriting even if you do try. I think everyone writes differently at times. Probably not just when they're trying, but maybe when they have mood swings; you know, like anger or sadness. Things like that, but we can't rule it out that it is possible to fool even the experts.

We always have to look at beyond the obvious. lol At the moment, I'm not focussing on the people from way back in her past unless we hear some bit of information that they have emerged back into her life. I've got more suspects than I can handle already. haha

I'm starting a new post here because there is so much to talk about and I didn't want the things we learned this morning in with the last information.

Frannie Grace. She told us some interesting things about what goes on at the paper. We learned a little more about Monica being a little paranoid about her personal stuff.

Did another reporter steal her notes? If so, which one was it?
I don't know why, but Shawn Sharp comes to mind. He seems a little sneaky to me, for some reason.

I'm going to wait and see what you and anyone else says about Frannie's interview. By the way, could you see a video, because I couldn't get it to work for me?

I do want to comment now on the autopsy. It appears to me that Monica was sitting at the desk and someone shot her from a standing position. We need to see a diagram of her office to know which side of the desk the killer was standing. It makes a difference in whether the perp is right or left handed.

Oh my gosh! I just realized I hadn't checked out the Weekly Blog and went to see if there was anything new there. I found some good stuff and now I'm going to wait and see what the rest of you have to say about all that, then I'll post again. It's juicy!

I can't wait any longer. lol
We have a lot of information to digest.

Frannie Grace had a lot to say. She said she heard Monica arguing with someone many times at night in the office, but she didn't know who it was and couldn't recognize the voice but it was a male.

WE heard some interesting things in the conversation with PI David Anderson about David Ledford, an ex-employee of the Eagle, we learned that Mr. Ledford had traded his old truck for a bright red one.

Frannie Grace had a session with a hynotherapist where we learned that Frannie saw an old blue and white truck in the parking lot as she was leaving the night Monica was murdered and that someone was squatting down hiding beside it. This truck matches David Ledford's truck. Frannie said whoever was beside the truck ran into the building. This all points the finger at him as the killer.

I don't think that Mr. Ledford would be in the photo of the poker game, but I still think Monica was. I can't wait to hear more about that. Both the Congressman and Mr. Rowan were arrested over the week, but should be out on bail now. We need some follow-ups with those two sneaky gamblers, too.

What are your thoughts on all this new info?

Where did you guys go? I feel like I'm talking to myself.

Isn't Patricia Hagen a piece of work? I'd hate to have to live with her, but she talked enough to tell us that Congressman Hagen is lying about the blind trust?

What do you guys make of the pollen in the carpet? Is that why Craig Peques had Monica's office carpet cleaned?

I think I need to go to AtD. I'd like to know where those trees grew. What I did find was that they all usually grow near water.

I've been out of pocket but I am back now. I haven't read the Patricia Hagen thing or the soil analysis yet but I am going to do that in a minute.
I want to say that I saw in Frannie's original interview that she had already mentioned seeing an old blue truck as she went in that night. I'll definatly have to go back and read that again to make sure. But yes, Frannie gave us the information that the killer had driven that old truck that night. We need to run the plates on the red truck to see who it belongs to or if it was stolen. It probably wasn't though or they wouldn't need to trade it off.
The original soil sample indicated that who ever it was had been out in the woods at some point. Makes me wonder about David. He said he didn't kill her but yet he's hiding in the woods because he's scared. Interesting.
In the fingerprint analysis there were some prints identified as Steve Barton yet we don't have him listed as an ex employee or anything so why were his prints in the system? Is he our killer?
Lori said that she knew the key was a safety deposit box but she had no clue where it was. How did the detectives find out where it was? Also, one thing really odd about one of her letters to Monica was about Roberts threatening her. Monica had told her about it but instead of calling Monica, she writes her a letter that says, put this letter down right now and call the police? Isn't writing a letter that would take 2-3 days at least to get to Monica, a little after the fact if you're so worried?
I don't think Monica told her about her little scheme to blackmail the Rep. I don't know. I just get a feeling that she didn't tell her, best friend or not. That is surely something that I would tell my best friend. I think the girls had been growing apart over time and distance and Monica kept a lot of things from her. Strange.
I've got to go read the latest stuff and then get back to you on that. I'm never very far away. lol