Housekeeper slain in Colleyville had $5 million in life insurance

[TexasTowelie]

COLLEYVILLE — A $1 million life insurance policy that police believe prompted the slaying of a housekeeper in Colleyville last year was just one of multiple high-dollar policies out on the 69-year-old woman at the time of her death.

Anita Fox had $5 million in life insurance coverage when she was slain Sept. 23 while working in a house she cleaned, according to court documents.

Police have said Bernard “Little Joe” Gorman and his father, Gerard “Joe” Gorman” — both Irish Travellers — stalked and then fatally stabbed Fox, 69, in hopes of collecting on a $1 million policy that Fox didn’t even know existed.

Irish Travellers, a nomadic ethnic group with ties to Tarrant County, often make money by doing questionable home repair work and by taking out huge life insurance policies on one another.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article28712134.html#storylink=cpy

[Ilsa]

1. IIRC, she would have had to sign the polic policy

for it to be in effect, right? So I suppose they had someone forge her signature and misrepresent their identity?

[Warpy]

2. Apparently they weren't told the cautionary tale of the Durable Michael Malloy.

I was raised on this story along with the junk from the Brothers Grimm and I vastly preferred Michael Malloy:

http://io9.com/5918834/the-legend-of-mike-the-durable-malloy-historys-most-stubborn-murder-victim