Valerie Bechet (Murder, She Wrote)

Valerie Bechet (Juliet Prowse, 1936—1996) is the main villainess of the first episode of fourth season of Murder, She Wrote "A Fashionable Way To Die". Valerie was a jazz singer.
Valerie was the mistress of loan shark Maxim Sourée; an affair partner outside of his marriage with Claudia Sourée. However, Valerie was having suspicions that Maxim was having an affair with another woman, assuming it was fashion designer Ava Taylor.
But one night, Maxim was shot by Lou Walters as a failed murder attempt. Maxim did not want the police to find out about his blackmailing scam on Lou, so he called Valerie. As Valerie was helping Maxim, she discovered that he was having an affair with her own daughter and aspiring model, Kim Bechet. Valerie saw the gun lying on the ground and decided to shoot Maxim to death.
Jessica Fletcher had found out that Valerie was the murderer when she discovered a red purse in her dressing room, the same red purse that was missing from Kim on the catwalk and the same red purse Valerie discovered in Maxim's apartment, leading her to the conclusion Maxim was having an affair with her daughter. Valerie, out of the love for her daughter, confessed in killing Maxim, and she sung her last song until she was arrested by the police.
Category:1980s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Gun
Category:Pistol
Category:Redhead
Category:Show Business
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested