Cunanan targets Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin
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It takes some time before this episode even gets to Cunanan.
Marilyn enlists the neighbors and calls the police, who tell her what she already knew.
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Flashback to a week earlier, when Lee and Marilyn were at a fundraiser for Illinois governor Jim Edgar.
He was wealthy and powerful.
He and Marilyn were a partnership, working together to grow their individual careers.
Of course, the facade falls when they return home, but only slightly.
This isnt a marriage of convenience, but its not one of passion either.
What terrifies you more, death or being disgraced?
Cunanan crushes Miglins ribs with a bag of concrete and stabs him with a gardening tool.
He leaves the meat with the knife in the study.
He seems to spend the night.
It clearly belonged to the murderer.
Thats all Ill allow that man to steal from me, Marilyn says.
I wont let him steal my good name.
At least, theyre able to trace him until that strategy leaks to the paper.
He snaps off the cars antenna, but he knows thats not enough.
He need to swap out cars.
Finally, the man goes into his home, and Cunanan follows with a gun drawn.
Stay calm, Cunanan says.
No ones going to get hurt.
Im here to steal your truck.
The man is terrified, and polite.
He shows Cunanan the car keys and walks down to the basement to let Cunanan lock him downstairs.
He is terrifying and merciless, but not just merciless cruel.
There are many kinds of marriages.
Cunanan isnt anyones partner.
He is a taker.
He takes food, and cars, and reputations.
He is someone who consumes and never gives anything back.
