The pawnbroker is an unattrative and unpleasant woman who is perceived by him as being rude. He visits the pawnshop 1)to pawn his watch, and 2)to make plans for robbing the pawnshop. He knows she keeps the pawned items she takes in in a trunk in the back room of the shop, and he knows she wears the keys around her neck. He kills her because he wants to rob her, and he kills her sister because she comes home during the crime.
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