Yeah, when this story first came out, they indicated she left the house to see some other man while her husband was out of town. Sure sounded like she was foolin' around on her husband, at the time, and lo and behold ... she was spreadin' her legs for the asshole who ended up murdering her. Play stupid games, "win" stupid prizes.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence