Ash Kelley

After aggressively interviewing the neighbors in the building, the detectives turned their attention to Marianne, who was treated more as a suspect than a victim.

A suspect?

Yeah, Marianne.

You woke her out of a dead sleep.

Marianne said it was good cop, bad cop, but the bad one, Burns, did most of the talking.

For hours, they peppered her with questions that, in retrospect, didn't seem all that relevant to what happened.

I'm sure.

They wanted to know how long she'd known Kitty, who their friends were, how often they argued, and most importantly, inappropriately, did Marianne have any sexual problems?

Sexual?

Oh, because they were saying, are you a lesbian?

Because that was considered a sexual problem.

She said, I was still in shock.

It took me a while to realize what he was getting at.

They thought I might be the one who killed her.

Unreal.

She didn't even know that's what they were getting at.

Unreal.

It eventually became clear to Marianne that the detectives were more interested in her relationship with Kitty than they were finding the man responsible for murdering her.

And the more they pressed her, the less comfortable she became.

The other thing, it's like, go ask around from the apartment.