Bay Blue - why has he been missing this whole time?

Joy Lukas - where has she been?

Sandy - what's up with all the cynide?

Sylvia Clay - she's a painter, and both paint and turpentine were found at the scene of the crime

Maria Simmons - she's creepy and uses meds for her paranoia, which were found at the scene of the crime

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Bay Blue hasn't even been defending his case, so it seems unlikely that he is guilty. After all, not defending yourself looks suspicious, and if you're worried about looking suspicious, you defend yourself. But if you're not worried about looking suspicious, then you probably aren't guilty.

Joy hasn't really been around much, but she considered me and Uncle her own family, so I really couldn't see her being the murderer.

Sandy chose to reveal her obsession with cynide to a lot of people, and I just can't see the murderer giving themself away that easily.

A murderer wouldn't be so sloppy as to leave two clues pointing towards themself. Therefore, I believe that someone was attempting to frame Sylvia.

Maria Simmons is a creepy old lady who is extremely paranoid. She has to take medication for her condition, and coincidentally, a bottle of anti-depressants was found at the scene of the crime. What kind of murderer would frame two people at once? Therefore, I believe that the bottle was not one of the framed items; it was a sloppy mistake Maria made while she was planting the evidence set to convict Sylvia.

Therefore, I believe that Maria is the murderer!