Abraham Broder's house sat just outside of Charleston proper in the town of Summerville, so it took a little less than an hour to reach it from the hospital. It was now getting to be late afternoon.
Broder's house was a modest affair in downtown, just up the street from Summerville Baptist. The front yard was gated with a wrought-iron fence, and the walk to the front yard was lined with sago palms. The investigators could see several large oaks and pines rising up above the white two-story house from the back yard.
The investigators had called ahead to let the Broder family know they were coming. His only surviving relatives, a son and a daughter-in-law, were currently at the house going through some of his things. The investigators were visiting to pay their respects and to "handle some estate business." They did not get into the details over the phone.
When they pulled up, the son was sitting on the porch, flipping through a book.