Martha 

The front door was locked and dead-bolted. “Very thorough”, was the first impression I had as I sat back on the chair facing my husband who was slowly bleeding to death. The bottle full of aspirin acted as an anti-coagulant which resisted nature from saving his life. It made the event more fun to watch.  

Well, he deserves it. That’s the only justification I can give. We have been married for the past 4 years. He was boring, lousy in bed and a stingy bastard. He was too honest and politically correct that it became intolerable. He was a momma’s boy and a son of the church. Get this-we didn’t make love on Fridays as he thought it might hurt ‘somebody’s’ sentiments. I decided to not to have kids with him coz the last thing that the world needed were more dull people. 

My Juan was just the opposite, now, that’s a man who can please his woman.  Sure, he slept around, but I was not exactly looking for anything concrete either. He was all man. We were in the middle of round three when this idiot walked in and spoilt everything. He had to die. 

Look at him, bleeding.  I am thoroughly enjoying this, watching him pay for the four years that he took away for me. I had to sneak about and invite filth into my life because he couldn’t deliver. Dr. Phil would have understood what I was going through. Even that book “He’s not that into you” is on my side. You know what; I think he was cheating on me too, with that church lady Annie. That bitch!  

Paul was clearly fading away, his eyes opened for a moment. His eyes filled with terror when he saw me. Ha! Didn’t think you could get rid of me that easily, did you?  Those eyes kept staring at me, the fear fading away. He smiled for the last time and took his last breath. Was love the reason for this mess?  

Excerpts from Detective Philip’s notes 

Triple 187 out in New Jersey 

Three bodies, two in the bedroom and one in the living room. 

The living room had the dead husband and was ID’ed as Paul.  His wrists were slit possibly with the knife lying on the coffee table next to the chair. A .38 calibre gun was also found on the table. Death was due to heart failure after Class IV Haemorrhage. The empty bottles of aspirin suggest it might have been used as an anti-coagulant. 

The bodies in the bedroom were naked and were ID’ed as Martha, the wife and Juan, the next door neighbour. Multiple bullet wounds were found on both bodies which were consistent with the calibre of the gun found near Paul. The room was in disarray which indicated evidence of a struggle. 

Probable hypothesis

Paul comes in, finds the wife with Juan. In a fit of rage, killed both of them with the gun and committed suicide by slitting his veins.  

…the only thing that perplexed me is the fact that he did not use the gun to kill himself and he was sane enough to take the aspirin to make sure he succeeded in his attempt. He took the hard way out, as if though he was punishing himself…