Gloria Kulhane is a rich college student and the girlfriend of Adam Halder, who was ordered by Gloria to murder his best friend and accomplice in paper and poker cheating, Caroline Pereira, while they all went to Hudson University.
Background[]
Gloria was one of the rich students who wasn't needing financial aid for college and liberally spent her money outside of Hudson for whatever she wanted. Her parents were major sponsors and patrons, with numerous namesake university locations and more named after the family in return. Adam and Caroline were running scams together so they'd get away from their blue-collar upbringings in LaGrange, such as Caroline plagiarizing term papers and Adam gambling for big winnings. Caroline and Adam tag teamed by scouting different clubs, finding their best marks and opponents they could hustle, then cashing in on their winnings.
Gloria was dazzled by Adam joining the ranks of socialites, seducing him into a relationship just show she could buy all she wanted with his money. Gloria also was the most frequent buyer of Caroline's paper scams, knowing additionally about the duo's activities from being Caroline's roommate due to Gloria not filling out a housing form for a reserved place for herself. Later, Adam found out Caroline got greedy and lost major winnings in her poker competitions, sinking the two childhood friends in their deepest, most unrecoverable debts. Gloria just reacted with seeing Adam as less of a man and ordered him to kill Caroline without hesitation so the debts didn't have to be paid.
Adam cornered Caroline at the underground ring run by undercover federal agent Doug Kersten, where the debts were lost, strangling her to death in one of the back rooms when she was alone. Caroline tried to capture a photo of Adam, but the ring she was wearing she hustled from football star Roddy Franklin reflected the light and obscured the image. As Gloria wanted that ring, Adam brought it back and gave it to her. Kersten found Caroline dead and, saving his cover, had one of his bouncers leave Caroline in a red light district.
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When "Vegas" thought the bouncer leaving Caroline on her turf was trying to compete with her, only to find Caroline's body, Vegas called the cops. When Caroline was identified, Gloria was interviewed, and she denied any knowledge of why Caroline had wads of cash all over her side of the dorm room, acting she barely knew her own roommate. Adam was tracked and only gave up her term paper operation, and when the line of customers were followed, when Gloria was sold out as paying the most frequently, she was interrogated.
Gloria denied involvement, referring to her alibi in singing a capella and pointing to Franklin when Gloria admitted the ring was won by Caroline, lying that she took it from the dorm room dresser. Franklin led the team to Kersten's ring under the alias of "Riley", where the crime scene was found. Knowing Adam had to be lured out, his online activity under the alias of "Jack King" in digital poker was tracked, and Kersten volunteered his alias to catch him. Adam was arrested when his computer was traced, and he was placed on trial.
Novak was eager to ruin his gambling addiction defense for killing Caroline, so when she went back in the photo, she realized the ring caused the glare. Realizing Gloria lied, they knew she was involved, but Gloria never directly offered a confession. She merely said she "deserved" what was gifted by Adam, bragging it was a benefit for herself from Caroline's murder. The team decided on recruiting Gloria for testimony, and despite Adam's devastated pleas, Caroline portrayed Adam as aggressive, conscious, greedy, and after control of the money. Adam was successfully convicted of murder two, and when he somberly questioned Gloria's betrayal, she just sneered Adam takes the blame, not her. To her shock, the detectives gladly arrested Gloria for willing knowledge of Caroline's murder, and stealing her ring when it mattered as evidence, despite her own protests.
Gloria was found guilty of accessory to murder, murder for hire, and tampering with evidence of a homicide victim and was imprisoned for at least 15 years.