He modestly told the students he was lucky and always had help, and that "facing this stuff in real life is not like school.On Christmas Day, Riggs laid flowers on the gravesite of his wife Victoria Lynn Riggs (1953-1984).He then visited the Murtaugh home, and returned something ("a present") to his partner (through Rianne) that he said he wouldn""t be needing anymore - the hollow-pointed bullet which he had reserved for his own suicide.Traven (a pen name for Berwick Traven Torsvan), an elusive and mysterious individual who showed up during the filming under an assumed name (as Hal Croves, Traven""s representative and ""attorney""), and served as one of the film""s technical advisors after claiming that he had been sent by the reclusive author.Bates"" teenaged daughter Liza (Barbara Merrill, Bette Davis"" own daughter from her third marriage) was curled up on the sofa watchingSadie McKee (1933)on elevision - an excerpt of a kissing scene between ""Blanche Hudson"" (Joan Crawford as working girl Sadie McKee Brennan) and Gene Raymond (as boyfriend Tommy Wallace).(See # 8 death above) This confirmed Garris"" contentions about Tommy: "Our boy sure wants us to believe his story.