$1 Million, a Grudge, Led Woman to Murder Sister

She had already picked the photograph and words. They were how she wished to be remembered.On Sept. 22, 2015, Linda Thomas walked into the offices of a local newspaper in Freeland, a small town on Washington's Whidbey Island. The 71-year-old asked to prepay for her own obituary. The picture was of a bespeckled elderly woman cradling a small dog in a flower garden. The text mentioned family members and asked for no flowers or service, just donations to a local food bank or animal shelter. Thomas left the date of her death blank.But she actually had a good idea when she would go, police would later say.