for the guardians, that meant the end of the gravy train. it s a powerful motive, and in sybil s case, it was almost like clockwork. at the age of 21, sybil was found dead. for more than a half jury, sybil s family and descendants thought she had died of kidney disease. the story was that she died of some natural causes, and no one talked about it. that, it turned out, was not the case. years later, connor s cousin, dennis mcauliffe, began to investigate his grandmother s death and discovered a discrepancy between the family lore and the official records. and so what was discovered about her actual death? the facial death notice in the funeral home was a self-inflicted gunshot. that surprised everyone. no one knew that.