The little cousin again cried out and tried to throw herself on his grave.

Normally, he would have left Porter sitting with whatever "nice young woman" his cousin was trying to palm off on him.

It could not be determined whether the cousins tried to stop any theft, or what, if anything, was taken from the apartment.

Then their cousin apparently tried to help them and he, too, was killed.

"My cousin tried to defend her and got murdered in the process," he said.

"My cousin and I tried to build a rocket out of an aluminum armchair leg," he said.

For the next several days, Francisco's cousins tried to help him recover from the trip.

Second cousins and distant relatives of the present heirs had tried to claim a share.

Had her own cousin really tried to kill her?

Her cousin, who grew up in Queens, even tried a little "character guessing."