whirlwind romance and perhaps too rapid engagement. after all, no one in the family really knew him, not even her kids. i had only met scott three times and the third time was the party that they had to celebrate their engagement. that separation was just days before, yet, when scott heard about the murder, he did not rush to bloomington from his home two or three hours away near chicago. it made me realize and think what my mom really meant to him, what we meant to him. he sounded fake at that point. pam s kids have questions about scott. so did detectives. he was asked to come down to bloomingtop to meet with police, which he did the following day. pam s body was discovered. scott told the detectives he had been home alone when pam was killed. police would look into that, but in the meantime, they discovered