Gwen, a newly wed, came to a house at the hillside in England to prepare to settle in with her husband. She could not remember if she had been to England before. But in her night stay in the house, she felt eerie after seeing a dead woman on the ground floor in her dream. She felt that she had been here before. Later she found out that she had once lived in this house when she was four. If Gwen had been here before, then the she woman she saw in her dream was a recollection of the young Gwen's memory or it was just a scary nightmare?
Murdered?: Helen Spenlone Kennedy
She was the second wife of Kelvin Halliday, whom was Gwen's father. Thus Helen became Gwen's stepmother when Gwen was four.
-> It was just Gwen's dream that caused her to come to this conclusion. Gwen felt that the dead woman's face was very familar but could not recall who was she until she saw the photo of Helen.
-> But strangely, there was no dead body found in the house back then.
Mystery
-> Kelvin Halliday, Helen's husband, had the impression of him strangling Helen to death in the bedroom till he died in a nursing home. (Could have committed suicide?)
-> There was a letter written by Helen from aboard with her genuine hand writing after the mysterious disappearance of Helen.
Victim->
Helen was seemed to be flirtatious. She was a beautiful dancer and had many suitors, Walter Fane, Jackie Afflick and Mr Erskine. There is no reason to rule out any possibilties of Helen having any secret affair with anyone of them.
Suspects:
1) Kelvin Halliday-> He thought that he did really killed her.
- Woke up from a hangover and found Helen stangled to death in the bedroom, he ran to Dr Kennedy's house not far away. Kelvin and Kennedy went back to the crime sence, the bedroom, and strangely, they could not find Helen anymore.
- he believed himself that the reason why he could have done it was the€ Helen's letter to suggest parting with him.
- remembered that Helen had onced asked him to move out of the town together.
- Dr Kennedy, Helen's brother, found Kelvin to have some psychological disorder, after having received Helen's letter from aboard suggesting that she left with anyother man. Dr Kennedy refered Kelvin to a psychiatrist.
- Dr Pencose, Kelvin's psychiatrist, could not find any psychological problems in Kelvin. He would have believed that Kelvin was not mad and did committ a murder, if Dr Kennedy had not provided the evidence that Helen leaving with someone else.
2)Walter Fane-> A Lawyer
- Helen changed her mind about marrying him when she reached India.
- claims to have only friendship relationship with Helen.
- (his account): Helen had mentioned to him that she feared her brother, Kennedy, who was over protective for her.
3) Jackie Affrick-> was one of the member of a entertaining comical group;'Funnybone'.
- shows affection towards Helen
4) Richard Erskine-> a married man with a jeolous wife.
- fully convinced that Helen was dead.
- He could not reached Helen anymore after her mysterious disappearance.
- convinced by Kelvin's story of murdering her.
Witness:
-> Edith Pagett, a housemaid. She heard Helen had a fiece argument with a man.
->Leonie, a swiss girl. She could have possibly saw the murder.
- had bad english
-went back to switzerland.
-told Lily who the murderer could have been.
2nd Victim: Lily Kimble.
Marple had scheduled for Lily Kimble to return to help in the investigation. However, Lily was strangled at a train station before the designated train station. She had also boarded an earlier trian as opposed to the timing writter in Dr kennedy letter. Lily could have possibly met up with the murderer to blackmail him and the murderer died her.
Leads:
-there are some changes in the layout of the house. The stairs to the main door were changed.
-Helen's letter was proved to be geniunely written by her, by her brother, Dr Kennedy.
A possible 20 years ago mystery that was thought to be solved, was awakened. And it claimed one more life. Should the mystery case be left asleep?
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