Technically speaking, Ellis Boston remained at Beech for a period of assessment normally lasting ninety days but could be extended if the presiding psychiatrists so wished. I told myself this was a human interest story. Killing wives didn't happen that often in Applewood and Ellis' standing in the community as a God-fearing, upstanding citizen meant the incident kept tongues wagging. Ellis had been known as practically minded and down-to-earth. I wanted to see if I could figure out what happened to him. Why did he act so uncharacteristically and did his bizarre behavior have any connection to the other strange events that had taken place? Meanwhile, Chief McKie and his c***k troops continued to gather evidence. If the evidence stuck, the shrinks would then put forward a recommendation as t
