Columbo: Blueprint for Murder
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Anyway, he tells me that there's
a very interesting clause in that will.

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And it says that if Mr Williamson dies,
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his wife, Jennifer, doesn't gain
control of the estate.

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- Is that so?
- Mmm.

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Yeah, aside from Goldie's 25%,
the entire thing goes into a trust.

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And the wife, all she gets
is the income from the interest.

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- How nice for her.
- Yeah, it's a lot of money.

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But it's less than it takes
to finance your city.

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You're proving my point, Lieutenant.
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I have no interest in seeing Beau dead.
I want the city built.

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But if he's dead and it can't be proved,
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then legally he's considered alive,
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so his wife can spend
the money without restrictions.

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She could go right ahead
and bankroll your city.

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- Quite a lawyer, your brother-in-law.
- The whole family, we're proud of him.

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If he's giving free counsel,
I hope he made another point.

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What's that?
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A man can be declared
legally dead without a corpus delicti

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but if you wanna make
a case against someone,

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- it might help if you found the body.
- Yeah, I know.

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See, I figure I...
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I gotta come up
with something concrete.


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