>>Someone else take over. I am too lazy to go beyond Season 1 tonight......... <<

You're also too lazy to read the original question! It said "the murderer gave to the victim, not Columbo"

Vera Miles to Martin Sheen, when she realizes he's been toying with her (and with her ego), by making her think he wanted HER as part of his payment.

Martin Sheen's character evidently hadn't seen her famous "Outer Limits" episode, or he'd have known she wasn't to be trifled with like that. (She might've been more of a "damsel-in-distress" in the second half of Psycho, but she was very formidable in that Outer Limits.)