There is a fund set up to benefit his children but curious if he had a life insurance policy on himself. If so, then why the donation fund? Does it take alot of time for life insurance to pay? If there is a policy, would unintentional vs intentional make a diffence?
I think the gofund me fund is more a matter of his many friends simply wanting to do something rather than his children actually being in desparate need of money right now. It was started by his law school classmate and friend. Alot of his friends and colleagues want to do something to honor him so they started that fund, I think to perhaps benefit the kids college education. I actually received an email about it today as I guess they emailed the whole class out to tell them about the fund and to let everyone know about Dan. I believe it is to be used for the kids future use rather than their use right now. They have listed 3 other charities too on there.
I imagine his law school provided life insurance, it takes a few months to pay, but sometimes they do not pay out right away when a murder is involved. The insurance probably will not pay out till there is more evidence of what went down, probably at least 6 months. Insurance does not pay if there is a suicide and they would not pay if the murderer was the beneficiary, for instance. I imagine though that neither of those exclusions are applicable here but the insurance usually has to wait to rule those out.
I would be utterly shocked if this was a suicide. I seriously doubt he would do that to his young sons that he loved so much and he was generally a very happy guy, which, from all accounts, everything looking bright in his life, with a good career, 2 healthy kids and a new relationship. From the divorce docket, it looks like it was mostly finished, with some outstanding custody issues, one of them being the wife wanting to move back to Miami and I guess him protesting that. I also gather - and maybe I am reading too much into this- but it seems like LE know it was a murder from the angle of the gunshot. Maybe it is in a weird spot and maybe the gun is missing because if the gun is missing, it cannot be a suicide right? Police also say that only the perp and Dan would know the position and number of shots so it must be something unique.
In any event, LE seem pretty intent that this is definitely a murder. They would not be so quick to start up its own tip line, etc and give the case national publicity if there was any doubt that this is a homicide.