Steve Bissette has details, conjecture, and links.
Based on today’s arrest, I think the possible scenario I’ve been tossing and turning over might be correct:
First of all, I don’t think the Davis couple could grasp how or why Steve was getting money — to Davis, no doubt Steve was just running another scam.
They may not have even believed he was a writer, or had written comicbooks and TV shows. How could anyone give a rat’s ass about this cancer-riddled, inpoverished old man?
So — where was Steve getting this magic money from?
I believe the donations and support from me and you and Gail and other creators and fan and readers who cared, the help Steve received since November from the Hero Initiative likely made no sense whatsoever to Davis.
Furthermore, I suspect that a theft by another party from Steve in December of a significant amount of money Hero Initiative had provided — a theft Steve complained about in his emails time and time again, from the day he’d discovered he’d been robbed right through to May 9th, a theft he must have complained about to the Davis couple in passing (it was, in part, the reason he had to take in roommates, according to Steve’s emails) — that theft and the amount of money stolen may have led the Davis couple to suspect Steve had more money hidden on the premises that he was not admitting to.
