Who is the money going to go to — the estate or the next of kin?
” Smith said. If the Justice Department opts for the estate, Neff would receive compensation because of Hein’s will. If funds are limited to next of kin, Neff is entitled to nothing. Neff and Hein, both former Navy photographers, met on the opposite ends of a government contract. Neff worked for a private photo lab; Hein was managing the job. Although Hein was married, the two women hit it off and soon moved into a town house in Laurel. Hein’s marriage dissolved amicably — both Neff and Stearns speak fondly of Hein’s ex-husband, who once returned to the area from Wisconsin to help move her piano. “I am at the opposite plane from Sheila. She is extremely logical, analytical. Listen to me — I’m using the present tense,” Neff said. “She was the one who understood financial concepts. I was doing hypnosis. . . . We were balanced.” Hein was forever tackling new challenges, whether it was joining Toastmasters to improve her public speaking, helping Neff learn massage or going back to colleg
