instead, he got into his truck and raced home. dorothy was most likely asleep when chris got into position to shoot her in the right temple at just the right angle. however, when he planted the gun in her hand, he forgot to position her index finger on the trigger. chris staged the scene with the true crime book and the container of antidepressants. the most crucial part of his plan was planting the suicide notes dorothy had written months earlier. meanwhile, at the nco club, chris' friend noticed he wasn't using the telephone in the lobby as he would later claim. and when chris returned, his friends noticed he wasn't wearing the jacket he had on earlier. he had left it by mistake in his bedroom, captured on film for all to see.