Narrator small towns are pretty much the same the world over. People know each other, tend to look after each other, and oftentimes are aware of each others business. In Bill And Mary yoders town, local tongues started wagging shortly after marys death. We become aware that Bill Yoder is involved in a relationship with one of mary yoders older sisters. Narrator their relationship apparently began soon after mary died. And that obviously sent up some red flags to us that that had been the motive for killing mary yoder. Narrator and statistics back up the suspicion. In the u. S. , nearly three women are killed every day by current or former romantic partners