“Who received the insurance money?”
“I don’t quite see where all this is leading to,” he said, returning to his desk and sitting down. “Perhaps you will explain.”
“It seems odd to me that Salzer, who is not a qualified doctor, should have signed the death certificate. The coroner and Brandon must have agreed to this. I’m trying to convince myself there was nothing sinister in Crosby’s death. Suppose he did commit suicide. According to you the estate would have lost a million and a half dollars. But if a nice, willing quack and a grafting coroner and Captain of Police got together it could be arranged to look like an accident, couldn’t it?”
“That’s a pretty dangerous thing to say. Isn’t Salzer qualified?”
“No. Who received the insurance money?”
“It was left to Janet, and at her death to Maureen.”
“So Maureen now has a million and a half in cash; is that right?”
“Yes. I tried to persuade Janet to invest the money, but she preferred to leave it in the bank. It passed in cash to Maureen.”
“What’s happened to it? Is it still in the bank?”
“As far as I know. I have no access to her account.”