I forgot - who was mary's real killer?

Question

it wasn't richard marx that killed mary in hazard...who was it?

Answer 1

The mystery to that song will always remain so ....according to Richard Marx, there are two ways that people can view the story.....either it can be seen as the young man portraying 'Mary's' boyfriend was the killer, or the county sherriff who also may have had designs on Mary may also have been her killer, and that her Boyfriend was framed by the sherriff for the killing because she rejected him.........

Answer 2

It never really said in the song. Here's the lyrics

My mother came to hazard when I was just seven
Even then the folks in town said with predjudiced eyes
That boys not right
Three years ago when I came to know mary
First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
And saw the man inside

We used to walk down by the river
She loved to watch the sun go down
We used to walk along the river
And dream our way out of this town

No one understood what I felt for mary
No one cared until the night she went out walking alone
And never came home
Man with a badge came knocking next morning
Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
Pointed right at me

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old nebraska town

I think about my life gone by
And how its done me wrong
Theres no escape for me this time
All of my rescues are gone, long gone

I swear I left her by the river
I swear I left her safe and sound
I need to make it to the river
And leave this old nebraska town


I always thought by the second to last line that she commited suicide and he wanted to follow. I don't know if I'm right or not it was just the feeling I got. Suicide as an escape.