Charge: Ann Rule’s sons stole $100,000 from her

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Mark Matassa Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Charge: Ann Rule’s sons stole $100,000 from her</h1>
                <h2><p>It sounds like the set-up of a book by the true-crime writer. Although she has been financially supporting her children for years, two of her sons, both in their 50s, allegedly forged checks, used credit cards and stole mail from their mother, to the tune of $100k and counting, reports</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
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            <p>It sounds like the set-up of a book by the true-crime writer. Although she has been financially supporting her children for years, two of her sons, both in their 50s, <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/crime-writer-ann-rules-2-sons-charged-with-bilking-her-of-100k/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">allegedly forged checks</a>, used credit cards and stole mail from their mother, to the tune of $100k and counting, reports the <em>Seattle Times</em>. Rule was diagnosed last month with dementia.</p>
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It sounds like the set-up of a book by the true-crime writer. Although she has been financially supporting her children for years, two of her sons, both in their 50s, allegedly forged checks, used credit cards and stole mail from their mother, to the tune of $100k and counting, reports the Seattle Times. Rule was diagnosed last month with dementia.

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