Conclusion - to be truly evil you need bureaucracy and lawyers.

Landlord harasses murder victim's mother for early termination fees because her son was killed before his lease ran out - Boing Boing:

"Danelle Eckert, the mother of Colin Byars, a 24-year-old teacher who died after being punched in the head, is being harassed by Colin's former landlord, who wants to impose an "early termination" fee on her because her son died before his lease ran out.

...She said the apartment's property manager told her that they knew Byars had been killed. But the woman told Eckert the management company had been advised by their legal representative that they should go after the rent and fees."