The man called police at 0700 when he found that his wife did not come home from the night out with the girls. He had checked with her friends and learned that she left them at the club around 11PM to return home. She never made it.
The cops took the response and questioned the man saying that they would file a missing person report and that detectives would most likely be in touch. A few days went by and the detectives came by asking some additional questions, but the guy was as straight as an arrow and did not smell like he had anything to do with the disappearance.
A week went by and they returned to explain that the car belonging to the wife had been found 1000 miles away and there was a little blood on the front seat. They suggested that he prepare for the worst.
So he drove down to the Salvation Army and got her clothes back.