Was Casey Kasem murdered?

From this morning's RAMP Newsletter, more about the strange case of Casey Kasem's last few years...

Was Casey murdered? That's the term being used by both sides of Kasem's seriously fractured family in a story that will be featured this Saturday on CBS-TV's investigative series, 48 Hours.

As the New York Post reports, the ongoing battle pits Jean Kasem -- Kasem's second wife -- against his three adult children -- Kerri, Julie and Michael from his first marriage. The whole sordid mess is laid bare by correspondent Peter Van Sant in Saturday's episode, as Van Sant said, "I have never seen such hatred within a family. Both sides tell credible, powerful stories, both proclaim their love for Casey and both blame the other and accuse the other of killing Casey -- and both use the word 'murder.'"

Kasem, the longtime host of American Top 40 and famously the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo, died in June 2014 (Father’s Day) at the age of 82 after battling, among other medical complications, Lewy body dementia, which exhibits symptoms similar to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- leaving behind an estate valued between $80-$100 million.

Jean Kasem claims Kerri, Julie and Michael conspired in 2007 to trick Casey into signing over power of attorney, giving them control over his medical decisions (which ultimately killed him). "It was always about the money," she tells Van Sant. The three Kasem children, in turn, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jean, claiming elder abuse when she moved Casey from a rehab facility in Santa Monica, CA to a friend's home in Washington State. On June 15 he died at St. Anthony's Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA, and Jean later had him buried in an unmarked grave in Norway. "Jean killed my father," Kerri Kasem tells Van Sant, adding, "The only thing she ever wanted from my dad is money." This tragic, yet riveting episode airs this Saturday night at 10pm ET/9pm CT on CBS.