Kaelyn Moore

But Sam got nothing.

Completely left out of the will, essentially.

After the wedding, Ben and Lindley jointly owned all 72 acres, no mention of a prenup, while Sam and the kids remained tenants on the family farm.

But the brothers themselves kind of had an idea why their dad would have left Sam out of the will.

Ben's snake business brought in more than enough revenue to maintain the family property and pay all of the taxes on it.

Sam worked at a rent-to-own business at the time, earning way less, so I think they assumed Dad thought, hey, Ben will take care of Sam.

He'll let him live on the farm.

And so Lindley told detectives Sam and Ben had been fighting about the property in the weeks before the murder.

it kind of all came to this boiling point.

And she said, quote, Sam kind of basically just went to Ben and he was like, you need to give me half of the property.

Ben was like, no, I can't jeopardize my family and this business.

So, you know, he just said a lot of really hurtful things to Ben, end quote.

There was another reason for Sam to potentially be upset.

Lindley said that Ben was planning to sell a part of the business, which meant that Sam was probably going to have to move.

So wheels are turning for detectives.

They're like, that could be a motive getting kicked out of your family home.

No roof over your head.

And you're pointing the finger very quickly.

Yeah.

Very quickly.