“We’ll need a standard handwriting sample, signed ten times in dark ink, for our forensic file,” Captain Morales said.

I took her black pen and signed my full legal name ten times along the clean grid lines of the card.

“Did your father or your sister sign any part of this bank authorization?” she asked.

“Evelyn signed as attorney-in-fact,” I said.

“Richard and Vance are living on the main floor of the property right now.”

“If your family claims any legal authority over the real estate, they’ll have to show a valid recorded instrument,” Captain Morales said.

“They don’t have one,” I said.