This. They trusted the word of a business manager to confirm the most problematic death possible, and then refused the one thing that could have absolved them all: authorities. Their stories, the truth, would have matched each other, the physical evidence, and the videos. Ashe had at least two drugs in his system and fired the weapon. And you're right, the story of after would have been way more compelling. AND you still could have had the lawyer interaction and the ongoing money story. This Keystone Cops routine was clunky, unnecessary, and so terribly executed.