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Judith Stover comes home and finds Samantha Stover on the living room floor, not responding. She calls the police.
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Police arrive and question Judith Stover, and get names of friends they can talk to
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Police question friends and find out that Samantha got in an argument with Alyssa Russell that day about money.
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Police question Alyssa Russel, who has no alibi for where she was from 4:15 to 5 pm, which was the time of Samantha's death
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Police talk to the Stover's neighbors and they claim they saw a green car arrive "around 2:30 and leave sometime past 3" the other neighbor said they saw the car return "about 4 or so" but didn't see what time it left. Both neighbors had alibi's.
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Police question Alyssa about being at the house a second time, and she said she had to return Samantha's keys and purse, which she left in her car. But when she returned Samantha was laying on the floor. Alyssa says she got scared and left.
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Police get search warrant for Alyssa's car - and find Samantha's purse and keys as well as blood on the steering wheel.
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Police confirm that the blood on Alyssa's steering wheel is Samantha's.
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Police question Alyssa again, and ask why she never reported the body, and left the keys and purse in her car. Alyssa confesses to killing Samantha, and explains what happened.
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Alyssa Russell is arressted for the murder of Samantha Stover. The trial does not go to jury.