Was the wife substantially richer than the husband when they married six years ago? Were her daughters resentful that her remarriage might dilute their inheritance? Since the husband was a State legislator, it sounds like he was a real companion, not an empty gold-digger.

Was the wife of sound mind when she entered into the marriage? Or was she already well into dementia?

Were he and his wife’s daughters antagonistic from the beginning? Were there other issues besides his wife’s money?

When the daughters’ agents removed the wife from her home, had she summoned them? Was she in an obvious condition of neglect? Or was this a kidnaping for which the parties should be prosecuted?

When two parties are married, the prosecution should be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an alleged rape victim opposed sex; I gather from the article that there is no such proof at all. The nursing home’s no-matrimonial-sex policy, even in a private room, is appropriate for a prison, but not for a caring facility. Perhaps, though, it suited the interests of the daughters: the sooner their mother died of a broken heart, the sooner they could collect their inheritance. (caveat: I have no proof that that was their motive.)