
Murder for Money
Life Insurance, Inheritance, Murder-for-Hire and the Crimes Driven by Greed
When Death Becomes a Transaction Money is one of the oldest motives in crime because it can transform death into a transaction. A life insurance policy can pay after a funeral.
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Murder for Money explores life Insurance, Inheritance, Murder-for-Hire and the Crimes Driven by Greed.
This volume in The True Crime Files examines documented cases through evidence, investigation, legal outcomes and historical context rather than sensationalism. Key themes include Murder for Money, Life Insurance, Inheritance, Murder-for-Hire, Greed.
What you’ll discover inside
The Price Tag No One Sees
Life Insurance - A Contract Becomes Evidence
Cory Martin and Brandy Odom - A Policy Built on Fraud
Tim Norman and Andre Montgomery Jr. - The Beneficiary as Architect
Charles Harris III - A Secret Policy and a Long Investigation
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- Murder for Money
- Introduction - When Death Becomes a Transaction
- Chapter 1 - The Price Tag No One Sees
- Chapter 2 - Life Insurance - A Contract Becomes Evidence
- Chapter 3 - Cory Martin and Brandy Odom - A Policy Built on Fraud
- Chapter 4 - Tim Norman and Andre Montgomery Jr. - The Beneficiary as Architect
- Chapter 5 - Charles Harris III - A Secret Policy and a Long Investigation
- Chapter 6 - Elain Young and Katherine Mock - Murder-for-Hire for Insurance
- Chapter 7 - Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray - The Double-Indemnity Era
- Chapter 8 - H. H. Holmes and the Pitezel Insurance Fraud
- Chapter 9 - Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt - Policies on Vulnerable Men
- Chapter 10 - Sante Kimes and Irene Silverman - Murder for a Townhouse
- Chapter 11 - Celeste Beard - Remuneration and the Meaning of Benefit
- Chapter 12 - When the Murder Never Happens - Dalia Dippolito
- Chapter 13 - Murder-for-Hire - Turning Violence Into a Contract
- Chapter 14 - Poison - The Financial Killer’s Illusion of Natural Death
- Chapter 15 - The Staged Accident
- Chapter 16 - The Staged Burglary
- Chapter 17 - Inheritance - When Death Changes Ownership
- Chapter 18 - The Slayer Rule - Why a Killer Usually Cannot Collect
- Chapter 19 - Elder Victims, Property and Undue Influence
- Chapter 20 - Business Partners and the Cost of Exposure
- Chapter 21 - The Financial Crime Scene
- Chapter 22 - Phones, Payments and Burner Devices
- Chapter 23 - Insurance Fraud Investigators and Police
- Chapter 24 - Why Being the Beneficiary Is Not Proof
- Chapter 25 - The Black Widow Stereotype
- Chapter 26 - Accomplices, Informants and the Price of Cooperation
- Chapter 27 - When the Money Never Arrives
- Chapter 28 - Greed Is Not a Diagnosis
- Chapter 29 - Motive, Means and Opportunity
- Chapter 30 - What Investigators Follow
- Special Dossier 1 - Anatomy of a Financial Homicide Case
- Special Dossier 2 - The Slayer Rule in Plain English
- Special Dossier 3 - Financial Red Flags Without False Accusations
- Appendix A - Financial Timeline Worksheet
- Appendix B - Evidence Matrix
- Appendix C - The True Crime Files - Books 1-30
- Research Notes & Further Reading
- Evidence in Context
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