Even if Matty dumped all her money into offshore accounts, you'd think one of two things would've happened:
(1) Authorities could trace the money and pressure the banks who accepted the deposits.
(2) (more likely) The mere fact that she dumped her money into offshore accounts suggests strongly that Ned's theory that she is still alive has merit, since she probably did this with malice aforethought that she'd soon be leaving the country.
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remember they thought she was dead so the case was closed i'm pretty sure,they'd only get interpool on ot if they knew she was alive
shareWell, since Ned got the high school yearbook, he's got evicence that she is in fact still alive, so the case can stay open....
share"Well, since Ned got the high school yearbook, he's got evicence that she is in fact still alive, so the case can stay open.... "
May after the movie ended that did happen, but it really doesn't help Ned. he murdered Richard Crenna and as far as the law is concerned he murdered a woman. it doesn't matter that she was IDed incorrectly.
''May after the movie ended that did happen, but it really doesn't help Ned. he murdered Richard Crenna and as far as the law is concerned he murdered a woman. it doesn't matter that she was IDed incorrectly.''
Wrong,ofcourse it helps him.
LOL!! What is "malice of forethought"?
Check a dictionary. The term's "malice aforethought".
I agree. It is pretty hard for a dead widow to collect on her husband's estate in the first place. The guy had a piece of a bunch of businesses with numerous partners. He makes that clear in the restaurant scene with the 3 of them. It is inconceivable all of that could have been unwound and the proceeds somehow end up in an offshore account that quickly. Some of these things go on for years.
The final scenes create a clear implication Matty might lose. Clearly Ned wasn't ready to let go, that is why he tells his side of the story to his detective buddy after he is in the can. Ned then gets the smoking gun with the yearbook which proves his point. He would obviously show the yearbook to his friends in law enforcement. Matty is off in some foreign country somewhere but surely she would have been pursued at some point.
Matty doesn't have to wait till the whole settlement is done, she could've left with the ready cash which maybe was a big amount already <we don't know they never said how much the total was> and go to a country with no extradition agreement with the US <Brazil, Chili etc.> and disappear for ever.
Concerning the bank accounts, where i come from <Switzerland> we got something you all must know that we call bank secrecy. The US authorities would've never known if she had a bank account in the country, let alone the amount on the account. Specially back then when bank secrecy was pretty much staunch and unfailing! <would be another story nowadays>.
So yeah from my point of view, Ned is pretty much fvcked and there's nothing he can do except going crazy thinking to this b!tch till the final injection...
What smart heartless cold blooded B!TCH! lol
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs"
The other thing that is never mentioned in the movie is the press coverage a case like this would generate. A wealthy socialite hatches an elaborate scheme to kill her husband and in the process sets up an attorney to take the fall. She also assumes the identity of her best friend and kills HER to make it appear she is dead.
Ned has the smoking gun in his hands (the yearbook) so a story like that would have generated big headlines. The movie reminded me of the case of Ira Einhorn, the Unicorn Killer. He was a prominent college professor that killed a student. Her body was found in a trunk in his apartment. He fled to Europe and after some years was spotted. He fought extradition for years after that. He had been tried in absentia, found guilty and given the death penalty. The US had to agree to throw that out to get him back but they did get him back.
The point is it isn't as easy to disappear as some might think. Shows like Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted have netted hundreds of people trying to escape justice. A true story like Matty's would have been a sensation. She would have been caught eventually.
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Ned says, "You can't find the money, can you, Oscar? Doesn't that tell you something?"
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