They found a copied authentication token connected to Mason’s
credentials.
The criminal investigation expanded.
At the same time, Naomi challenged the estate amendment that supposedly
gave Victoria nearly everything Arthur owned.
The amendment looked official.
Arthur’s signature even resembled genuine examples.
But one listed witness admitted she had signed a detached signature page
at Victoria’s request.
She had never watched Arthur sign the complete document.
The notary journal contained an entry for Arthur, but required
identification details were incomplete.
Metadata suggested pages of the document had been assembled at different
times.
The estate court eventually ruled that the amendment had not been
validly executed.
Arthur’s earlier trust controlled.
That trust did not throw Victoria into the street.
It gave her a limited right to remain in the Lakewood house for a
defined period if she maintained the property and paid required
expenses.
Afterward, the house would pass into a family trust benefiting Mason and
several charities Arthur supported.
