The Investigation Into Li’s Death Kicked Into High Gear on DAYS

On the Wednesday, May 15 episode of Days of Our Lives, Rafe interrogated Ava and vowed to leave no stone unturned in his mission to exonerate Gabi. Plus, E.J. made a predictable decision, and Chad made a startling discovery.

Like a Bloodhound, Rafe Is On The Case

At Wendy (Victoria Grace) and Tripp’s (Lucas Adams) apartment, Ava (Tamara Braun) let Rafe (Galen Gering) in as he was investigating the place where both Li (Remington Hoffman) and Gil (David S. Lee) were killed. He theorized that it was Gil who murdered Li and that a hapless Gabi (ex-Camila Banus) found Li’s body and stupidly grabbed the knife. But he further questioned Ava’s association with Gil. However, she didn’t say anything about Clyde (James Read) forcing her to work with the henchman. Instead, she played up the fact that he was a creep who tried to assault her, so she killed him in self-defense, which brought tears to her eyes. Rafe also wondered why Stefan (Brandon Barash) would take the fall for her, asking if they were having an affair. 

Sure, Ava and Stefan had a one-night stand, but the worst thing for her is going to be when it’s eventually revealed that she was an unwilling part of the drug scheme to begin with. There’s going to be a lot of backlash, especially from Nicole (Arianne Zucker), who will surely blame her for Holly’s (Ashley Puzemis) overdose. 

Rafe started to connect the dots, wondering why Gil was there in the first place. Despite Ava sticking to her story, Rafe didn’t wholly believe her and said he was determined to get to the bottom of it and uncover the real truth. He theorized that Gil went to the apartment to kill her, and Li happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Let’s not forget that Li’s last word was “Gabi,” which everyone took to mean that she stabbed him. However, maybe Gil mentioned he was going to kill her before he offed Li, and his dying words were a warning to protect her.

Afterward, Rafe went to E.J. to tell him about the evidence they found and asked him to reopen Li’s murder case. Of course, the ruthless DA said there wasn’t enough evidence to do so and walked away. E.J.’s hard line was to be expected, but it makes for an entertaining story to see how the characters are going to get around his obtuse nature and make him reopen the case. Clearly, Rafe is going to work even harder to prove Gabi’s innocence.

Chad Started Connecting the Dots

Chad (Billy Flynn) brought Thomas (Carey Christopher) to work with him, and the boy said he wanted to be a reporter like his late mother, Abigail (Marci Miller). Coincidentally, Nicole found one of Abigail’s notebooks in the false bottom of a drawer. Chad recognized Abby’s handwriting and said that it was full of stats about overdoses, drug arrests, violent crime data, and more, which he’d never seen before. A quick call to Jack (Mathew Ashford) revealed that before she died, Abigail was about to blow something “heavy” wide open, but she didn’t tell him what it was. (Learn about Abigail’s tragic death at the hands of Clyde.)

Chad theorized that the notes were about the increased drug trade in Salem. They were left with the question: Abby was on to Clyde, but did he know about it? Obviously, this changes Clyde’s story about why he killed her if he did indeed know she was on to him. The dots connecting Li’s murder, Clyde’s drug operation, and more are finally being connected.

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