Believe it or not, I have an excuse as to why the police allowed Ben to be so "hands-on" and also why the widow didn't really question his ethnicity.Ã, Some might view it as a convenient cop-out, but I can assure you I had it in mind from before.Ã, It will be explained later in the series. (Like so many other things, including the one question I'm still surprised nobody has asked).