That is if Jughead is dead at all. One other theory is that Jughead is not really dead, but is trying to craft the “perfect murder.” Writing a story about the perfect crime is an assignment Jughead is tasked with at his fancy new school Stonewall Prep, where he has a literary enemy in Bret (Sean Depner). Could Jughead have faked his own death — with the help of his friends — in order to one-up Bret? If that is the case, maybe Betty is using her family’s twisted history as part of Jughead’s “story.”