Chapter 75

• "We found photos of you and your girlfriend, together and apart. It looked like he had been stalking you for a while. We also found the clothes he had worn when he'd killed Connor Grey. They were hidden in his closet and the DNA matched. We're still investigating but all I can say for now is that your business partner was obsessed with your girlfriend. It happens when people think they're in love but by killing Mr. Grey, Duke Copeland had taken his obsession to the next level. There's no saying what he would have done to Miss Rutherford hadn't she ran from him. These kinds of cases are a bit hard to solve because we never really know when the perpetrator's behavior escalates. Most stalkers start out innocently. It's always to keep someone they love safe or just wanting to know the person's every move. Until they feel betrayed or something snaps inside them. Then they start being dangerous.
• One of our psychologists came to the conclusion that by killing Mr. Grey, Copeland thought he was protecting Miss Rutherford. Seeing her hurt might have been the reason he snapped. These are just assumptions and we may never find out the real motive behind the killing. Our only hope is that Mr. Copeland wakes up from his coma. He's the only person who can answer these questions."
• The chief of police had told him that then apologized for arresting him. Ray hadn't blamed any of them because Copeland had used one of his letter openers to kill Connor. His fingerprints were on it so it was logical for the police to think he was the one who'd done it. That was two days ago. Copeland hadn't made it through the night. He'd died and Ray couldn't bring himself to be mad or hate the man. They'd been business partners for more than three years. They never had any problems and had worked and gotten along with each other just fine. He also understood the man's need to protect Alexis. If he hadn't been so numb, he would have gone after Connor himself. Who's to say he wouldn't have ended up killing him? The anger he felt when he saw her unconscious and covered in blood was enough to kill that bastard for hurting her.