Andrew Kissel and Declining to Act as Executor

I've spoken before (here) about reasons why you might be reluctant to act as executor of an estate.  That's the decision Hayley Kissel has made with respect to the estate of her husband, Andrew Kissel, and it's pretty easy to see why from this article:

Andrew Kissel was found stabbed multiple times and bound hand and foot in the basement of his 10 Dairy Road mansion the morning of April 3. His body was found days before he was scheduled to be sentenced to five years or more in prison on federal bank fraud charges.

Police have declined to discuss possible motives, but have investigated the theory that Kissel may have hired someone kill him so his children could collect a hefty life insurance payout....

Although Hayley Kissel filed for divorce in March 2005, she and Andrew Kissel lived together in the Dairy Road home until just a few days before the murder, police said. She was the sole beneficiary of the estate.

Saying "thanks but no thanks" to a request to act as executor is easy -- Cook County even has a form (entitled "Declination of Office") for it, here.