Killer Boss Realizes He's Caught in His Secretary's Murder Redhanded

In the raw audio of a police interview, a man walks investigators through the weeks leading up to the murder of his secretary — a woman he had been in a romantic relationship with, who had recently taken out a life insurance policy naming him as the beneficiary. As he speaks, he offers details that don't quite line up: the missing work computer, her erratic sleep patterns, the new boyfriend who was taking pictures of his property, and his own admission that he had been at her house on the day she disappeared. The interview is not a confession — but it is a portrait of someone who realizes, in real time, that he is the most obvious suspect in a room full of detectives.

The Secretary and the Boss

The case centers on the murder of a woman who worked as a secretary for a man who owned a business. The two had been in a relationship for about six weeks, though their personal and professional lives were deeply entangled for years. The secretary worked from home, where she kept the man's business papers, hard copies, and a computer that the man says should have been on her desk — but which investigators did not find when they processed the scene.