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"Yes, she was his girlfriend. He coached her and used the Carlotta story. He paid her off and dumped her. This is one of the big plot holes in the story (several really)  Why would someone go to all that time and trouble to cook up this plot which depended on  many factors to fall in place and not find an easier way to kill his wife? Plus leaving Judy alive left him open to future blackmail. Judy stayed in town. Elster left town. In the final scene Judy tells Scotty he killed his wife beforehand.\n "
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