Law Practice,
Criminal
Dec. 16, 2022
Probate lawyer says his conservatorship team solved murder
Andrew G. Watters was first approached by the victim’s family to file a petition for the conservatorship of her estate because she had gone missing. But as he looked into the case for the next year, Watters felt he had enough to file a wrongful death case against Bay Area tutor Alice Ku’s husband as the main suspect in her disappearance because of a state code that allowed his team to work independently of law enforcement.
An obscure California probate statute helped in investigating a missing person case that turned into a homicide case in Taiwan, according to the Redwood City civil attorney hired by the victim's family to petition for conservatorship of her estate.
Trial attorney Andrew G. Watters was first approached by the victim's family to file a petition for the conservatorship of her estate because she had gone missing. But as he looked into the cas...
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