the horse industry by Bailey; according to her accountant, she had spent $250,000 on horses. Helen had purchased some horses from Bailey and his brother for considerably more than they were worth. When Helen was ruled legally dead in 1984, most of her money went to her brother and a few animal rescue organisations. Until 1989, when a prosecutor looking into horse fraud gave Helen's case more attention, it remained open but inactive. It was revealed that Bailey was acquainted with Silas Jayne. According to Brach's brother, Matlick killed his sister without the assistance of Richard Bailey or organised crime figures in the horse racing industry. At the age of 79, Matlick passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing facility on February 14, 2011. Brach's brother was of the opinion that Matlick had murdered his sister without any involvement from Richard Bailey or horse racing racketeers. Authorities believed Matlick and Richard Bailey were both engaged in Helen's alleged kidnapping. They hypothesised that Helen realised Bailey had been defrauding her and was preparing to report him to the police and have him jailed when he conspired with others and had her killed. In 1994, Bailey was accused of committing several acts of fraud as well as conspiring to commit murder, soliciting to commit murder, and causing the murder of Helen. In addition to admitting to defrauding elderly widows and divorcees, Bailey entered a guilty plea to racketeering, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering. But before a federal judge, he denied defrauding Helen or being connected to her abduction. A federal judge ruled that Bailey had conspired to kill Helen after hearing the evidence against him in Helen's case and gave him a life sentence. Later, the term was lowered to 30 years. Although it is thought that Bailey did not act alone in Helen's case, no one else was ever put on trial in connection with her abduction. In 2005, investigators announced that an individual, later identified as Joseph Plemmons, had come forward with information about Helen's alleged murder. Helen's body was burned at a steel mill off of Interstate 65 close to Gary, Indiana, according to Plemmons, a horseman who had known Helen. Plemmons admitted that he and ten other people, including a police officer, beat and shot Helen to death at the direction of Silas Jayne and his nephew, Frank Jayne Jr. Plemmons confessed to being the shooter