Columbo was my role model.
I have the beat up old car, the mutt by my side, the cigars, and the wrinkled clothes.
Lol.
It's 7:32pm where I am. So by 8:32pm it should be solved :) I always thought he was a wop like me in real life too :) He wasn't.
My theory, FWIW:
She had some kind of medical episode in the bathroom and collapsed. The pills scattered as she fell.
She had locked up the dog right before this. (Dog was being a nuisance perhaps?)
Hackman found her, and he was heading outside to see if any of the hired help were around.
He fell down in the mudroom and couldn’t get up. His glasses and cane were found next to him. He died there, unable to lift himself. This happened to my mom at age 85. She fell in the bathroom. She was on the floor for 20 hours, and then fortunately a neighbor stopped by the house to check on her.
“Just one more thing.”
Columbo was great. 4 seasons if you need something to binge. Peter Falk, great plots and awesome guest stars.
Gene Hackman never made a bad movie.
Follow the money, who stood to gain and was tired of waiting?
Crime scene seems poorly staged, act of an amateur. Cops are in over their heads.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.