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but Vallelongo and Strada had tagged along specifically to try to ask Bonnie a few questions.
Now, Bonnie was still very much a suspect in Dorothy's murder, but so far, investigators had actually not been able to interview her, and Vallelongo had hoped that maybe this was their chance.
However, when they arrived, Bonnie was extremely angry and she refused to speak to anyone and told all the officers and Patricia to get off her property.
And even though the officers, along with Patricia, had eventually gotten inside and Patricia took what she needed...
The officers had not been able to get Bonnie to say anything to them.
She refused.
And so now, Vallelongo and Strada walked back to their cruiser, past all these shattered tombstones, feeling very frustrated that they had multiple suspects here and no way to eliminate any of them.
Brandon Nodier would directly benefit from Dorothy's death because if she was dead, then the lawsuit he was embroiled in would get dropped and he would by default take control of Dorothy's land.
He also had a criminal record and according to Patricia, had been horrible to Dorothy when they lived together.
Brandon's ex-wife, Bonnie, could have helped him do it too, since after all, she was named in that lawsuit as well.
And she had taken full control of Dorothy's house after she died, so clearly she was intent on living there.
But Patricia also could have been highly motivated to get Dorothy out of the picture, since she was named in the will.
And she'd seemed really controlling of Dorothy and had repeatedly inserted herself into the investigation.
And then there was the handyman, Elkin Childress, who had been eliminated through his alibi, but Vallelongo felt like he deserved another look.
He had admitted that he was obsessed with finding treasure on Dorothy's property.
And now all the gravestones were mysteriously smashed, which could indicate that maybe he had come back.
And this was, you know, part of his attempt to find the treasure.
You know, maybe they were inside the gravestones.
Then again, if they're going to treat Elkin like a suspect, well, then anybody who had heard rumors about the treasure on Dorothy's land was also a suspect.
And considering how the residents of St.