who, if she knew about the affair, could have wanted revenge. and then there was dale, dale bruner, the husband. and any one of them, thought the detective, was certainly physically capable of committing the crime. her husband, six foot, 200-pound, very athletic guy. mr. holthouse, big, strong guy. his wife was actually a very physically fit woman. so, she would be out gunned by one of them? i believe so. yes, sir. they took ron in for questioning several times. again and again, he insisted it wasn t him. i screwed up my marriage. i made a mess of my life. he admitted that in the last hours of stephanie s life, he met her here in this clothing store parking lot, around dinner time, and it wasn t a happy meeting. i was actually trying to tell her that it was over. he earlier had sent her a break-up e-mail, he said.