I nodded.
“And Gloria Bell?”
“Still unconfirmed.”
“What about Agnes Vale?”
The detective looked at her notes.
“Her death certificate was issued by a physician associated with a private care organization.”
I frowned.
“Which organization?”
“Silver Hearth.”
A chill ran through me.
The same organization appeared everywhere.
The young man at Mom's door.
The relocation offers.
Mrs. Wilson's suspicious paperwork.
And now the death certification of a woman who had supposedly died six weeks earlier.
“Do you think Agnes was murdered?” I whispered.
Detective Ortiz answered carefully.
“We don't have evidence of that. But we're verifying the circumstances of her reported death.”
She turned a document toward me.
Silver Hearth Home Support was registered as a nonprofit organization.
Its public mission was to help older adults remain independent and protect them from financial exploitation.
The irony was sickening.
A group supposedly protecting seniors was connected to multiple cases of suspected financial abuse.
