Once the door was open for him to confess to his wife’s murder, Neil Notaro added numerous details.

He said he had flown to Seattle within a day to stay with his mother and sister. He denied having told them anything about Vickie’s murder.

None of the investigators in Alaska ever located the man named Ricky who Neil said was going to take Vickie to Rome. Nor did they find anyone who believed Vickie was cheating on Neil. When she wasn’t cleaning hotel rooms, she was busy doing laundry for pipeline workers to make enough money for herself and Neil to get by. If he really found other men’s clothing...