News clipping from Oasis Springs Centennial Newspaper:
The body of the notorious plot contrivance known as The Baroness was discovered today floating in the pool of her hilltop residence in Strangerville. We use the term 'floating' lightly. We also use the term 'body' lightly. Ok. You got us. There were bits and pieces in the now discolored water, and there was part of a red wig which had been blown onto a cactus. The local sheriff shot the cactus 12 times before determining it was not a woman.
There will be no mourning period scheduled, but every Friday for the next two months the local library will offer free pork and beans with every book checked out. Come Celebrate the Madness! will be the library's theme.
In other non-related news, there was a striking blonde in stiletto heels seen dancing in the desert beneath the pale moonlight before the remains of the Baroness were discovered. The reason this is news is because all of the women in Strangerville are known to not have any dancing ability whatsoever. That means there was a stranger in Strangerville. The ville is very suspicious about it all and wants an investigation. Immediately.