Whitney explained that she had tracked Stacie Parker’s predictable Saturday nights, watching Stacie leave her apartment between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. for bars and clubs. Since Whitney moved out, Blake had been calling and texting incessantly, which Whitney enjoyed ignoring; she especially relished his shock when he discovered neighbor Mr. Zimmerly was dead. Whitney admitted she killed Mr. Zimmerly by striking him with an antique clock from a flea market, chosen because it bore Blake’s fingerprints, intending to frame him.

Using Malcolm’s car without permission, Whitney waited outside Stacie’s building. When Stacie emerged, already tipsy and expecting an Uber, Whitney pulled up, posed as the driver, and lured Stacie into the car. Whitney offered water bottles she had prepped by injecting a sedative with a fine needle, both to distract Stacie from checking the app and to drug her.

As Whitney drove, she masked her identity with a wig, makeup, and loud pop music. She engaged Stacie in small talk, steering the conversation toward dating and workplace romances. Stacie boasted about a past affair with a man at work who was engaged, describing a single encounter in his office and mocking his remorse afterward. This gave Whitney the confirmation she wanted that Blake had cheated on her with Stacie.

Stacie grew drowsy, yawned, and soon passed out from the sedative. Whitney noted they were far from Stacie’s intended destination and that the sedative would not last. She had chloroform ready to extend the unconsciousness long enough to bind Stacie’s wrists and ankles with duct tape upon arrival.

Whitney’s destination was a wooded area near Telmont, New Jersey, where she planned to restrain Stacie and “have some fun,” implying torture and murder. She intended to bring Blake a “souvenir” for the kitchen afterward, signaling a plan to deliver a body part as part of her broader scheme to punish and implicate him further.