He becomes fascinated by a real murder story currently under investigation and in the media. A bookshop owner named Kimell is suspected of murdering his wife at a bus rest stop on the highway and then carefully inventing an alibi. After Stackhouse’s wife is found dead at the same highway rest area where Kimell, in truth, did kill his wife, Stackhouse practically convicts himself in the eyes of the investigating detective because of his amateurish blundering, his naiveté, his lack of attention, his inability to keep his mouth shut, and his totally, inexplicable failure to anticipate how his behavior might be interpreted. The moron! He’s a model for self-incrimination.