The investigation initially focused on Solomon, whose alibi was he had stopped briefly at a local bowling alley to see friends and then spent the evening with Warmus in Yonkers at the Holiday Inn's Treetops Lounge. Once Warmus and Solomon left the lounge, they went to her car and had sexual relations. When Warmus and additional witnesses confirmed his alibis, detectives turned their attention elsewhere. Solomon broke off his relationship with Warmus and became involved with a new girlfriend, fellow teacher Barbara Ballor.