Chapter 6
Private notes: Detective Callum Baxter (LAPD)
Spoke again to Jason Musgrave. Man doesn’t appear to have slept all night, but he was calm and reasonable until I indicated the possibility that the accident might not have been straightforward.
I focused on a possible medical event rather than interference with the vehicle, but Jason zeroed in on the latter.
He immediately began to shout that his mother was healthier than he was, and that if the accident was suspicious, we needed to look at “that fucking Romeo who conned her out of at least a quarter of a million! He probably thinks he’s in her will!”
Per Jason, Virna Musgrave’s estate was in the realm of fifteen million dollars while she was alive. Have made a note to confirm this with her attorney, but an initial search of available databases shows her as the owner of multiple high-value properties.
Case remains on hold until the pathologist gets to her—if she had a heart attack, that ends it. Morgue says she’s at the top of the queue since the gangs are having a few days off from shooting each other, and the mayor’s made a special request.
Also per Jason, the name of the “Romeo” is Tavish Advani.