Ash Kelley

Like, hello?

So according to author Deborah Holt Larkin, that's the real tragedy of the story.

Olga didn't have to die.

So many people knew.

Yeah.

They should all be ashamed of themselves.

So the story was obviously compelling to the detective and all the pieces seemed to fit.

He was like, oh shit, we're really making headway here.

But in order to arrest Elizabeth, they needed something a little more concrete.

For the time being, the district attorney in Santa Barbara asked the detectives to continue pursuing the case.

And in the meantime, he was going to call the district attorney in Ventura County, Roy Gustafson.

And report the fake annulment and the imprisonment and the impersonation, excuse me.

If nothing else, that would be enough to hold Elizabeth until they could track down Louis Moya and Guy Baldonado.

Yeah.

So the next day, Detective Henderson and his partner started rounding up Esperanza Esquivel, Louis Moya, and Gus Baldonado.

Under the threat of being charged as a co-conspirator, Esperanza basically said, yeah, everything that Emma told you is true.

She was like, she approached me.

She needed somebody to get rid of her daughter-in-law.

I showed her Lewis and Gus, but that's where my part in all of this ended.

She's like, so I'm completely innocent.