I think the ending was void of the details for the sake of dramatic effect.
- My interpretation was that the cops(et al) had already determined it wasn't a suicide by the time the detective confronted Mrs. Carala in the darkroom (i.e. I'm sure they could tell pretty quickly that someone else shot him and simply set the gun in his hand).
- Secondly, Julien's interrogation was intense, they weren't letting him sleep, etc... Part of me wonders if it is meant to be implied that he spilled the details to the cops about murdering Carala when they were laughing at his elevator story. (In other words, he confessed, which sparked their pursuit of Mrs. Carala. If so, they probably would have *just* started searching for her when she arrived at the motel.)
- It seems probable that upon being teased and pressed upon, Julien would have decided to tell them how/why he ended up being stuck in the elevator. I'm sure he felt he was cornered either way, and that he'd rather be known for the "more diginified" murder of the greedy, socially irresponsible Carala for "the sake of love," rather than the seemingly random, brutal, psychopathic murder that he was being blamed for in the papers.
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