Daniel Thorn was a wealthy Casino owner in Las Vegas. His wife was Sheryl Thorn, although he secretly had been having an affair with one of the showgirls at another Casino, Teresa Telenko. On 2005, Daniel planned to murder Sheryl. When going down the elevator, he strangled his wife, while Teresa Telenko came down and acted as a doppleganger of his wife. He then hid Sheryl in the access panel, and then Teresa/"Sheryl" and he stepped out of the elevator. He then "forgot" the passes and had "Sheryl" retrieve the passes from their penthouse, with her scarf then getting caught and then going up, seemingly strangling her. "Sheryl" then brought the real Sheryl down and used her limp hand to press the access button, and then faked screaming. Daniel attempted to keep the details hidden, but a journ