Unsolved murders

For a bit of fun, note the second item in the 'Defamer' Hollywood gossip column. Also note the discussion here and here. The actors have to be from the Dennis Hopper/Peter Fonda/James Caan generation for the timing to fit (a lot of the actors from this generation were weird, wild, and very violent; you have to wonder at the timing of this item from 2007 being repeated). If the clues are fair this is a solvable riddle: find a producer matching the characteristics (time of death; wife; one child) and cross reference his producing credits to the acting credits of one of the actors in this group (all of whom were in westerns). You could also probably track recent unusual real estate transactions concerning the producer's estate.

This reminds me of the case of Jean Spangler.