Finally, after months of suspects and trying to put the pieces together, "Days of Our Lives" viewers learned that it was Clyde Weston (James Read) who killed Abigail Deveraux DiMera. Upon finding out the news, Chad DiMera looked to immediately seek revenge on Clyde, but not before he heard the full story about what happened the night that his wife was murdered. Clyde admitted to Chad that he entered the DiMera mansion that night looking to find Belle Black Brady (Martha Madison). At the time, Belle had been representing Clyde's old enemy EJ DiMera (Daniel Feuerriegel), and the two were engaged in an intimate relationship. Clyde wanted to send a message to EJ by killing Belle. However, he found Abigail instead.

Abigail got suspicious of Clyde being in her home and revealed that she was going to call the police. Clyde couldn't let Abby do that, so the two got into a physical altercation. Clyde ended up stabbing Abigail and fled from the mansion before Chad came home to find her near death. Chad wanted to take justice into his own hands and kill Clyde right then and there. However, his brother EJ came swooping in to diffuse the situation. Clyde was sent to prison for Abby's murder, and the mystery was wrapped up.

However, neither fans nor the actor herself was thrilled with Abigail being written off the soap opera.