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I'd finally found love.. then a chilling message changed everything
Apr 11, 2025
It was the last thing Virginia DeLuca expected when she sent her husband, Perry, her usual 5pm text to discuss what they were having for dinner.
Usually the couple, both 61, would discuss recipes or shopping lists as Virginia headed home from her work as a therapist.
But that night her husband wrote back: 'I won't be there when you get home. Had a bad day. Need time alone.'
Immediately, Virginia knew something odd was going on. She tried to call Perry and texted to ask if she could help. But she didn't hear from him for another five hours.
At around 10pm, Perry emailed to say he'd had a few drinks after finishing his teaching work at college. He had decided to stay in a motel in Dover, New Hampshire, so as not to risk the 20-minute drive home to Durham where they lived.
Alarm bells rang. Concerned and willing to pick him up herself, Virginia tried to contact him. But her calls clicked straight through to voicemail.
That night she slept fitfully on their living room couch.
Shortly before dawn, she woke and checked her cellphone. There were no texts, but Perry had sent three emails during the night. Each was one sentence long.
The first was complimentary. Perry wrote about 'the sweetness and intimacy of sharing life' with her.
But the second was more ominous: 'I don't think it's enough for me to be happy and fulfilled.'
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