Chapter 6 - Exhuming the Past
Two days after the failed wedding, the Connecticut State Police and the Chief Medical Examiner obtained an emergency judicial order to exhume the body of Arthur Kensington from his private family mausoleum in Greenwich.
Arthur’s surviving daughter, Claire Kensington, who had been cut out of her father's will and left with nothing after Vanessa took over the estate, flew in from London to stand beside Emily and me at the cemetery.
"When my father died, I knew something was wrong," Claire wept, hugging Emily tightly on the damp morning grass. "He was my hero. He loved life. But Vanessa hired private security to bar me from the funeral home and rushed the burial within forty-eight hours. Emily, you gave my father his voice back."
Advanced tissue toxicology tests conducted by federal pathologists delivered unequivocal results within forty-eight hours:
High concentrations of aconite and digitalis toxins were preserved in the skeletal and liver tissues of Arthur Kensington.
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The Connecticut State Attorney officially upgraded the investigation from a closed sudden-death file to First-Degree Aggravated Murder for Financial Gain.
Vanessa was hit with a dual-state indictment: attempted murder in Illinois, and capital murder in Connecticut.
