Debra Roberts

They had no idea about this.

We're going to reveal emails between Sue and her killer and talk a little bit more about how investigators were able to crack this case and put this puzzle together.

And of course, to help us take a good look at this and to break it all down is our 2020 contributor, Pat Lallama, who is with us on so many of these journeys and brings such clarity and such insight to stories like this, particularly those around women who were victimized.

So, Pat, it's so great to have you back with us.

Well, you were just so passionate about it.

And one of the things you're always passionate about when you cover these stories with us is it's not just about the crime for you.

It's about what happened around the crime and the motivation.

Right.

You know, there was a very big web to untangle with this particular case, but what was it about it that attracted you when you think about Sue Markham, who is this 50-something-year-old, very smart professor, a single woman, and, you know, suddenly killed?

What was it that caught your eye right away?

Before we even get to that and what police eventually discovered, let's just talk about Sue Markham-Patt and what you discovered about her.

You said she was this brilliant woman.

She had a lot of friends.

She was very much into yoga.

What did you learn about her?

She made accounting fun.

Oh, funny.

She had a lot of light.

Well, let's talk about the crime scene.

Because this woman, her friends haven't seen her.