so we pull in michael kipp that night too. we interview him. and we can get his alibi. it s quick. nothing suspicious about it, it turned out. mike had not a thing to do with kay s murder. he simply needed money and kay agreed to buy his guns. by now tips were coming in. and this female said it s the baker boys. she said the baker boys did this. the baker boys were brothers who, fairly or not, had developed a reputation as the town s troublemakers. detectives found them. they had solid alibis. then the next day another tip. a woman who implicated her own husband. he came home last night, the time frame before the homicide, he grabbed a bunch of stuff including a knife, and he s been looking for guns. so i know he s involved. but the woman s husband was eventually el limb naitded as a suspect. detectives hoped maybe the stolen guns would lead them to