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deposit box with a bank in Longwood, Florida. Purportedly,
Katherine used some of the money to build her home in Longwood,
Florida; she gave Larry some of it to buy cars, jewelry, and his
properties in Callahan, Florida, Sanford, Florida, and Daytona
Beach Shores, Florida; she gave Ronnie and Sylvia some of the
money to buy cars, jewelry, and their homes; she spent some of it
for vacations and to pay living expenses of Larry, Ronnie, and
Sylvia; Jack White stole some of the money; and Chuck’s son also
stole some it. Additionally, Katherine stated that she sold some
of the jewelry to other gypsy women; she gave some of it away to
her relatives; and Chuck’s son also stole some of the jewelry.
In another version of the cash hoard story, Edward came to
live with Katherine after Mary’s death, and he stayed with
Katherine for 6 or more years. Allegedly, Edward gave Frank and
Katherine $750,000 sometime before he came to live with them
because he did not want Joe to take his money.22 Katherine
purportedly used the cash in the same manner as described above.
Katherine further testified that her father gave her all of his
and her mother’s jewelry and, under threat of a curse, told
Katherine not to give any of it to her siblings. We believe that
much of Katherine’s implausible and conflicting testimony
22 We know from the record that the chronology of this
story cannot be accurate. Katherine moved into the Longwood
property in 1969, Mary died on July 21, 1970, and Edward died on
Sept. 3, 1974.
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