

Dennis has been the exclusive care provider for his children for the last two years with no issue,” Schonfeld said. He also cited the children’s support of their father as evidence of Dennis’ innocence. “I don’t think the actions when looked at in the totality of the circumstances raised any red flags whatsoever,” he said. “She passed away on a Saturday - he was on the phone with the insurance company around 9:30 in the morning on Monday.”īut Schonfeld says a spouse has every right to file a life insurance claim without it being suspicious. “Brent Dennis called the insurance company the first business hour of the first business day after his wife passed away,” Sgro said. Most telling, Winters’ family says, is Winters had a $1 million life insurance policy that Dennis immediately collected on after her death. Winters owned a share in the lucrative family business, netting her roughly $200,000 a year.

Her family argues Winters had everything to live for, including two beautiful daughters and a new job helping her parents with their string of Sonic hamburger franchises. It was deemed to be a suicide by the Clark County coroner’s office, and they were unable to accept that fact.” “It was deemed suicide by the Henderson Police Department. “We believe that the Winters family has been unable to accept that Susan Winters’ death was a suicide,” Schonfeld said. Schonfeld says Winters’ family is simply in denial.
