Detectives probing the death of a 96-year-old US woman nearly two years ago have uncovered she was the victim of an elaborate murder-for-hire and reverse-mortgage scam that sought to gain control of her home, authorities said, announcing four people have now been arrested in the case.Violet Evelyn Alberts was found dead in her bed by her caretaker in her California home on May 27, 2022, with a window in her home shattered.An autopsy later found she died by asphyxiation, and the manner of her death was determined to be a homicide, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.
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