>> bun chee wanted to move into a new house. richard refused, saying they couldn't afford it. >> i'm taking the boys and leaving! >> the blow to her head was not fatal, but while she lay bleeding on the floor, richard suffocated her. he used a service merchandise bag to contain the bleeding, wrap the body in a sheet of plastic and placed her in the freezer. where she remained for the next three months. nyhuis fabricated the story about driving bun chee to the st. louis airport for a flight to thailand. when spring arrived and the ground thawed, richard took bunchee's body to the boy scout ranch, a two-hour drive from his home. he chose a secluded area deep in the woods for the burial. but made a number of mistakes.