Sex, Lies & Duct Tape

Rebecca Klein, known as Becky, was thirty-two years old in March 2007. She had a degree in recreational therapy and worked for an agency providing services to people with disabilities; she had recently helped to set up a senior daycare programme that brought elderly people and children together. this part of the story is covered for now The two had been together for seven years. They shared a bank account, owned a house together, were named as each other's beneficiaries on life insurance policies and, by the account the episode gives, were effectively married, although they were not legally married. Becky's family, her parents Jeff and Marilyn and her older sister Melanie, were close to her and spoke to her every day.

details of the account remain covered until revealed She told people she was a New York City firefighter who had worked at a firehouse during the September 11 attacks, that she had Wilson's disease and had received a liver transplant, and that she was dying. None of it was true; neither the New York nor the Villa Park fire department had ever employed her. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Over a month their messages moved to texts and phone calls and then to meetings at Rose's house. By the summer they were having a sexual relationship. this part of the story is covered for now

details of the account remain covered until revealed On 24 February 2007 she wrote, 'I love you more than you can ever know, but if you let me, I will spend my life showing you.' Rose was suspicious of her, partly because the cancer and transplant stories did not add up, but she continued to see her.

On 15 March 2007 Becky's sister Melanie came to the house at 4.30 pm to help prepare for a family birthday party the next day. They stopped to eat dinner at about 6.15. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Melanie left at 7.20 and called Becky at eight; there was no answer. At 7.34 that evening a roll of duct tape was bought at a nearby Walgreens. Becky was killed between about 7.30 and 8.00, within ninety minutes of eating, according to the state of digestion found at autopsy. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now Rose parked in the driveway beside the front door. A white van, which belonged to Becky's work and which Becky drove to transport disabled clients, was parked further up the shared driveway near the garage. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it They had sex and Rose slept there. this part of the story is covered for now

On the morning of 16 March, a Friday, the two women woke between seven and eight; Rose went back to sleep. Becky's boss, John Lawler, called at about 11.30 because Becky had not come to work. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now At about 1.15 pm she called Marilyn again to say she had found the work van around the corner from the house. Marilyn and Jeff went to the house and found police already there. An officer had found Becky's mobile phone on a window ledge in the basement. details of the account remain covered until revealed She told another officer that Becky had left at 6.30. She said the couple had a loving, committed relationship with no infidelity.

On 17 March the police asked to search the house. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed A detective took out the back seat and removed a speaker, and found Becky Klein's body in the boot of the car, which was parked in the garage. Her hands and feet were bound with duct tape, a plastic bag was over her head and secured with duct tape around her neck, and bandanas were tied over her eyes and mouth. There was no sign of forced entry to the garage. A later search found two sets of keys, one on an end table in the living room and one in a bedroom dresser, and both fitted the boot lock. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Her defence was that she was physically incapable: she was five foot two, weighed about 115 pounds, had back problems and claimed to be in remission from liver cancer. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it His bail was reduced from a million dollars to 500,000 in April. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Child pornography was later found on a computer seized from his home.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed The prosecution argued that she killed Becky to be free for Rose and to collect 375,000 dollars in life insurance, 125,000 dollars from American General and 250,000 dollars from Protective Life. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Becky's programme for disabled adults was renamed the Becky Klein Adult Care Program in her honour.