Henry Rutherford is a wealthy philanthropist who is devoutly religious who is married to a much younger woman, Christine. When an earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area, he and his wife were in his home. After the earthquake, he noticed some quake damage done to his home and was immediately murdered with a marble bust by Christine, who then dropped a large book case on him to make it look like a freak accident during an earthquake. However, before he was killed, he was calling Sharona and left her a message as the murder happened.