Did MM's son, Joey, inherit any money from MM's mother? If he did, upon his death, that money would possibly have gone to MM. (Just speculating . . .)
The reason I ask is that, in questioning the detective, the defense brought out that MM's mother predeceased MM's son, Joey, whose death was ruled a suicide. She also confirmed with the detective (who said that Joey's suicide had been investigated in connection with this case) that Joey's suicide was described as a "complete hanging" - meaning that he was hanging and his feet were not touching the ground.
Emily's death was deemed to be a homicide, but was staged as an incomplete, or partial, hanging (appeared to be on her knees, in other words part of her body was touching ground).
Defense effectively addressed the elephant in the room, of which the jury may have known nothing.
I wonder how Joey accomplished his own hanging? We don't know what "tools" he used: rope, step stool below tree limb? She didn't address those issues probably because the detective did not say that the two incidents of death were related.