They knew the woman had been murdered and went after the ex for January’s rent. That’s not just callous. They should have gotten in line with other creditors for the estate. He got his 2 daughters and their things out by January 13th after fighting with the management company for 2 weeks. Do ya think they even waited for the funeral? Read the story!
Is that established? All I see is that the building manager refused comment and the management company didn't pick up the phone.
Seriously, speaking as someone who managed an apartment building in California for a few years, I'll bet you money that this is all strictly on auto-pilot. The on-site manager collects the rents and checks boxes next to the names on a list but is essentially powerless. That list goes to the management company on the third of the month. There's no box for "Tenant was murdered last week." The management company, which runs scores if not hundreds of other apartment complexes, only sees the rent hasn't been paid on that unit and automatically generates the three-day "Pay Rent or Quit" paper, which they send to the people named on the lease. Nothing really sinister or callous, just bureaucratic.