Sam Westing is Sandy McSouthers, Barney Northrup etc. So no, he does not own Sunset Towers, as he is the doorman.
He did not have a motive. He was simply playing along.
Sam Westing owned the Westing Paper Products Corporation.
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After Eastman dies in "The Westing Game," it is revealed that he orchestrated his own death as part of the elaborate puzzle that he set up for the residents of Sunset Towers. This leads the characters to continue unraveling the mystery and discovering the truth behind the Westing game.
Sydelle Pulaski refuses to vote in "The Westing Game" because she wants to maintain control over her own life and not be influenced by other people. She believes that the voting process is rigged and doesn't trust the other tenants in Sunset Towers.
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nobody the answer above is not quite correct. sam westing has 4 identities. he ended his identity as sam westing to assume the other 3 identities. so in essense, his "life was taken" from him by himself by ending his own identity as sam westing. but if one wants to use the word "killer", then one could say his new identities "killed" sam westing.
In the book "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin, Sam Westing faked his own death and orchestrated a complex game to determine his heir. The fire at the Westing house was a part of this game to create intrigue and serve as a clue for the participants to solve the mystery.
The Hoo family is connected to Sam Westing through inheritance. Sam Westing was revealed to be related to the Hoo family by blood, which enabled him to manipulate events surrounding his supposed death in order to select his heir and uncover the truth about his own family history hidden behind the Westing game.
At the end of "The Westing Game," it is revealed that Sam Westing is alive and faked his own death as part of an elaborate game to find his heir. He reappears after the game is concluded to congratulate the winner, but then disappears once again.
The private investigator in "The Westing Game" is Sandy McSouthers, who is revealed to be an alias for Sam Westing himself. Sam Westing masquerades as Sandy McSouthers in order to observe and manipulate the heirs in solving the mystery of his own death and his elaborate game.
J.J Ford is a judge. She is an heir of Mr. Westing, but didn't know it until his death! J.J Ford is an everything-I-do-has-to-be-easy type of person. She walked away when the game part of the will was spoken because it seemed like it was a hard thing! She played a role in the game, but didn't quite win (although she got to keep the $10,000 given at the beginning of the game!). Josie-Jo Ford, who is "the first black, the first woman, to have been elected to a judgeship in the state" because she is "the biggest tipper in Sunset Towers." Judge Ford is single, and always prepared to defend her achievements, perhaps out of guilt that Sam Westing had financed her education in order to have a valuable ally to protect his sometimes shady business practices - although Judge Ford's honesty would never permit her to serve in such a capacity.