Ashley Flowers

Linda said she got back on the road and continued on to Cicero without stopping again, making it home at about 5.30 a.m. Investigators found that there actually were records showing that Linda had placed a call from a payphone two hours away from Eagle River just 30 minutes before the shooting. But to them, that alibi seemed almost too convenient.

Linda said she got back on the road and continued on to Cicero without stopping again, making it home at about 5.30 a.m. Investigators found that there actually were records showing that Linda had placed a call from a payphone two hours away from Eagle River just 30 minutes before the shooting. But to them, that alibi seemed almost too convenient.

According to Detective Razia Anderson, Linda was eager to have investigators check the call logs.

According to Detective Razia Anderson, Linda was eager to have investigators check the call logs.

According to Detective Razia Anderson, Linda was eager to have investigators check the call logs.

And the elusive earring was not all. There was another evidentiary detail that stood out to detectives.

And the elusive earring was not all. There was another evidentiary detail that stood out to detectives.

And the elusive earring was not all. There was another evidentiary detail that stood out to detectives.

Well, it so happened that in the days following the shooting, that very necklace just turned up on a side tray in George's hospital room. The same hospital room that Linda had been in and out of every day since returning to Eagle River. No one could prove that she left it there, of course, but in the eyes of investigators, it didn't exactly help her case.

Well, it so happened that in the days following the shooting, that very necklace just turned up on a side tray in George's hospital room. The same hospital room that Linda had been in and out of every day since returning to Eagle River. No one could prove that she left it there, of course, but in the eyes of investigators, it didn't exactly help her case.

Well, it so happened that in the days following the shooting, that very necklace just turned up on a side tray in George's hospital room. The same hospital room that Linda had been in and out of every day since returning to Eagle River. No one could prove that she left it there, of course, but in the eyes of investigators, it didn't exactly help her case.

The necklace was never collected as evidence, though. Hospital staff turned it over to Linda, who ended up bringing it to the funeral home and having it placed around George's neck for the service. And in a move you don't see every day, Linda actually ended up bringing the man she was seeing on the side to George's wake.

The necklace was never collected as evidence, though. Hospital staff turned it over to Linda, who ended up bringing it to the funeral home and having it placed around George's neck for the service. And in a move you don't see every day, Linda actually ended up bringing the man she was seeing on the side to George's wake.

The necklace was never collected as evidence, though. Hospital staff turned it over to Linda, who ended up bringing it to the funeral home and having it placed around George's neck for the service. And in a move you don't see every day, Linda actually ended up bringing the man she was seeing on the side to George's wake.

She even went as far as to invite him to stay with her at George's house in Eagle River with the rest of his immediate family.

She even went as far as to invite him to stay with her at George's house in Eagle River with the rest of his immediate family.

She even went as far as to invite him to stay with her at George's house in Eagle River with the rest of his immediate family.

According to Detective Rosga Anderson, George had known about Linda's boyfriend because she had brought him to Eagle River before, but nothing was ever said about it. Probably the same way most people didn't say anything about the ongoing affair detectives uncovered George was having with someone 24 years his junior.

According to Detective Rosga Anderson, George had known about Linda's boyfriend because she had brought him to Eagle River before, but nothing was ever said about it. Probably the same way most people didn't say anything about the ongoing affair detectives uncovered George was having with someone 24 years his junior.

According to Detective Rosga Anderson, George had known about Linda's boyfriend because she had brought him to Eagle River before, but nothing was ever said about it. Probably the same way most people didn't say anything about the ongoing affair detectives uncovered George was having with someone 24 years his junior.