Both the windshield and the back window were shattered. The brown leather on all the seats was slashed, and the dash panel was spray painted. More than a pound of sugar had been poured into the gas tank. That’s no way to treat a fine sports car.

A detective got lucky and found a neighbor who got up in the middle of the night and saw two young women "doing something to the car." The owner of the car said he had recently quit dating Shirley "because of her jealous nature."

"Jealousy," Detective Darrell thought. "That can make people crazy." After some checking around, Darrell learned that Shirley, the ex-girlfriend, and her best friend Edna, were constant companions.

The girls were brought to headquarters and interviewed in separate rooms. Detective Darrell asked Shirley if she knew anything about her former boyfriend’s car.

"Absolutely nothing-nada-zip," she said. She was like a stone wall. Finally, Detective Darrell said to Shirley, "Okay, I believe you." But he did not. He handed the woman a sheriff’s departmental form for sworn statements and asked her to write the following: "I told the truth and I want you to tell the truth also." She shrugged her shoulders, wrote the statement and signed it. She figured she’d convinced the detective of her innocence.

Darrell took the statement to the other room where Edna was also busy saying nothing. The detective handed Edna Shirley’s sworn statement asking, "Do you recognize this handwriting?"

You could almost see the fumes coming out of Edna’s ears as she read Shirley’s apparent (but not) confession. Edna felt betrayed by her best friend who she believed had "rolled over" on her. Of course the truth of the matter was: Shirley had said nothing.

Almost shouting, Edna responded: "That #*&@%! She wants the truth? Okay, here’s the truth..." and she went on to describe the entire revenge caper bit by bit.