Life insurance

Mike Wells called the insurance company on the day Jill died, asking about her life insurance policy. Deputy Leach’s investigation into the case uncovered the fact that there were two life insurance policies on Jill. One was from Allstate amounting to $200,000, and another from Lincoln Benefit amounting to $500,000 with a $750,000 additional benefit, bringing the total amount of the policy to $1.25 million. Jill applied for the Lincoln Benefit life insurance policy five weeks before her death.

What Was Done vs. What Was Not Done

Sheriff Tom Nestor and Deputy Albert Leach launched a reinvestigation into Jill’s death. They listed a lot of things that were not done during the initial investigation, including trajectory at the scene, weapon test fire, autopsy, obtaining a copy of Jill’s life insurance policy, and interview reports. They also took note of the things that need to be done for the reinvestigation, such as interviewing Mike’s third wife, figuring out trajectories, and finding out whether a 6-year-old boy could fire a lever-action rifle.