People you don't know get to spend your money!
Kind of a sad story really. Mom's first Cousin couldn't have kids so they adopted a young boy. Fast forward to 2021 and the Cousin and husband both die that year. The adopted son moves into their house with some of his unsavory friends and trash the house. Less than a year later the adopted Son dies from a drug overdose in his early 50's. His friends promptly steal anything and everything out of the house and damage it even more. Luckily there were assets the assholes couldn't get a hold of. It cost a little over $100k to put everything back in order. It took a little over a year for this estate to grind through probate court in Washington State.
If you haven't done it yet, it's time to put your end of life wishes down on paper.
Looks like they were fans of Big Oil!