The legal proceedings moved with a speed that surprised me. Leo faced attempted first-degree murder, assault, insurance fraud, and forgery. His employer handed over complete records of every solvent sign-out for the past two years with the cooperative speed of a corporation that understands the alternative is being named in a poisoning case. Leo’s attorney attempted to negotiate a plea. The district attorney was not interested.
Freya was charged as accessory to attempted murder, with the 2011 investigation adding weight to the case against her that her refusal to cooperate with prosecutors did nothing to diminish. Text messages are patient witnesses. They do not revise their testimony under pressure.
The three-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-dollar life insurance policy was voided immediately. The forged signature was a separate felony. My divorce attorney filed for emergency dissolution and full asset seizure, and under Kentucky law, when a spouse commits a felony against you, the court’s division of marital assets does not proceed from a presumption of equality. The house, the savings, everything in the joint accounts, mine. The twelve hundred dollars taken for imaginary car repairs, mine. Total assets recovered came to roughly one hundred and eighty-seven thousand dollars, including house equity.
