Rachel Behar Backstory

If Rachel is 44 in 2014, she was born in 1970; following the normal progression, she would have graduated HS in 1987, college in 1991, and grad school in 1994. According to the fact pattern, she graduated Theopolis in 1996. Of course, Rachel was born in Israel, and so did not follow the “normal progression.” So, what did she do during the missing 5 years?

Assuming that she went to MIT grad school immediately after Theopolis, she would have been in Cambridge, Mass from September ‘96 to May ‘99, and in the Negev with her chemical company from 1999 to 2002.

Does she still have family in Israel? While working for the chemical company, did she have contact with family, old friends, former lovers?

We should create a name and a website for the chemical company. Can we use a real company like Monsanto?

The 3 years in the Negev are important for my backstory, because in my scenario, that is when she met Bobby Berkowitz, and may or may not have had an affair with him during this time.

Does she love Bobby or hate him? Does Bobby love her or hate her? 

My scenario is that Bobby is in the US to spy on Rachel because of her anti-government views in supporting the Palestinian cause. Did she have contact with Arabs while in Israel? Did she have an affair with a Palestinian? Is Bobby motivated by personal jealousy or professionalism in supporting his mission to spy on Rachel?

How does any of this tie in to the murder of the president of Theopolis?

   

Were Bobby and Rachel secretly on the same team? Was Bobby “running” Rachel—was she a spy for Israel? Rachel is now working for the US government (Department of Agriculture), and may be in a position to be a double agent for Israel.

Did the president find out about the relationship between Bobby and Rachel?

Did Bobby end up dead in the trunk of his Cadillac? Shot at close range—gangland style? Did the president give sensitive info about Rachel to someone who works for the US government who decided that Bobby needed to be made dead?

Is Rachel’s motive for killing the president personal over the murder of Bobby? Or professional, in that the Mossad wanted the president dead and aware of Rachel’s access to him, thought she might be in a good position to carry out the hit? Was Rachel a contract killer hired by Mossad to kill him?

Were clues left at the scene "red herrings" to remove suspicion from Rachel?

Was Rachel motivated by grief and the desire for revenge over the death of Bobby? Or is her motivation a combination of professional and personal?

Rachel has attachment to a lot of sketchy organizations that could be pulling power strings behind the scenes:

·         MIT

·         Monsanto

·         US Department of Agriculture

·         Israeli Mossad