Say what you want, but I bet that none of the other tenants are late with their rent...
Kind of hard to be a responsible landlady in jail, though.
The victim stopped paying her rent after her utilities (which the rent was supposed to cover) were shut off. The reason the utilities were shut off probably had something to do with the fact that the real landlord passed away. The murderer, who was not the landlord, assumed the responsibilities of collecting the rent, cashing the checks, but not paying the utilities.
Weird story.