Ashley Flowers

And listen, admittedly, I don't know a lot about wearing wigs in general, much less the techniques of applying wigs back in 1965.

But I did wear one wig for our Halloween photo shoot, and that baby was glued to my head.

So I kept thinking, I doubt her wig wasn't like secured, right?

Like it's not just like sitting.

It didn't just float away in the river.

So I did a lot of phoning a friend, talking to women in our office who have worn wigs, including the reporter for this case, Char Adams.

And everyone said that the wig would have been secured.

Likely not glued, though, because it seems that was kind of rare back in 1965.

So I think that's important, too, because it's not like the water like loosened the glue.

Right.

It more than likely means that the wig was secured on with pins.

So why wasn't the wig on her head when she was found?

The autopsy said that Alberta had a cut on her forehead right near her hairline that looked like she was maybe jabbed with a stick.

Other than that, there was nothing out of the ordinary about her hair.

There wasn't a report of any pins or combs to hold down the wig.

So, like, I keep coming back to, was there a wig?

Gladys did provide a similar wig to police, so they knew what they were looking for.

Now, to be clear...

Flora said that the family never suspected that Gladys actually committed the murder, but they did know that she was in debt.

So they think that someone maybe paid her to get Alberta out of the house that night.