“He wasn’t suspicious before he went to the airport, but he was convinced he had inherited the money and was going to receive it when the supposed lawyer landed,” Ryan Riley told The Po…
Instructions for destruction: Israel finds Hamas manual on how to create chemical weaponsEx-doctor and poison specialist charged with fatally poisoning pharmacist wife during marriage woesSteven Edward Riley Jr., 51, fell ill as he went to the Minot Airport on September 3 to collect the surprise multi-million dollar payday.
But, according to Ryan Riley, the victim’s 21-year-old son, the couple had unwittingly fallen victims to an online scam and there never was any money.According to Ryan, his dad had received an email from a person who claimed to be a lawyer of an unknown “distant relative” and organized to meet him at Minot Airport to sign off on the cash.
Ryan added Kenoyer also believed Riley, a father-of-five adults sons, was going to receive the unexpected windfall and it was “her motive” for allegedly killing him.“She just never worked and was leeching off of him.“ was a very caring person and would go out of his way to help those around him.” Riley became ill when he went to meet with the lawyer to collect the massive inheritance sum, witnesses told investigators, according to police documents.
According to cops, investigators searching the couple’s home located a Windex bottle containing what was suspected to be anti-freeze. “I wish I was worried about this man,” a third post on the account with a different picture of Riley read.Kenoyer is being held without bond at the Ward County Detention Center and is representing herself, court records show.
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