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I got stuck part way through. "She packed the laptop and documents, left her suitcase near the front door and went for one last walk on their beach." then a couple of lines later "When she opened her suitcase at the security line, there was no laptop. No paperwork. It was all gone."

But then the subject changes, timeline changes and I can't find what ever happened to the laptop.

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They return to it later:

> That was when — and why — Fisher dispatched Pursglove to the Bahamas: to gather clues about where the money went. When Pursglove returned to the house to confront the caretaker that day, she told me, the caretaker admitted removing the papers from her suitcase. Bahamian police took custody of the papers, but later, and for reasons they never explained, handed them over to Oesterlund. When Fisher tried to subpoena the papers back, Oesterlund’s lawyers said he could not find any such documents; in any case, they wrote, Pursglove had no right to “stolen” materials.

The article alludes to the fact the caretaker or the older gentleman removed the laptop and documents, or someone else in the employ of the husband.

Was a bit confused by that. The way both of them are described I'd guess that they're not the nicest employers. If your employer is far away, probably doesn't pay you very well, why show such loyalty to prevent that from happening? The husband probably hadn't found out about it otherwise.

Search for the paragraph that mentions "Bahamian police". Sounds like someone got bribed.

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