As he searches Tijuana, Bucky learns that Lee has been murdered. After he tells Kay, she tells him the truth about Lee: he masterminded the robbery for which Kay's ex-boyfriend was convicted, framing him and keeping the money. Lee was being blackmailed by the only other survivor from the robbery, who was killed in the gunfight. Bucky is horrified, but forgives Lee. Bucky eventually marries Kay, but their marriage deteriorates. He is eventually transferred to the nascent forensics division, where he performs routine work on a wealthy suicide who lived a block away from Madeleine. Digging deeper, Bucky learns from a wealthy socialite that Madeleine's mother Ramona and family friend Georgie had the kids engage in gory reenactments of World War I trench warfare on the front lawn.