Headscratchers / Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

• Why are the kids worried that they'll be blamed for Mrs. Sturak's death? I can see Kevin McCallister being concerned like this, but these are five kids ranging from tween to young adult. And there's absolutely no evidence to suggest a murder (which it wasn't), and any mortician could easily identify the cause of death as natural causes (which it was). Even though they had motivations for her death, that alone isn't good evidence.
  • I think they just didn't want to ruin their summer of freedom. While they might not be held liable for her death, reporting Mrs. Sturak's demise to the authorities would bring unwanted scrutiny upon them. None of them are of legal age, and with no adult supervision, the younger kids in particular would probably be taken away by social services. To say nothing of all the hell they would catch once their mother returned home.
• If the kids desperately needed the money, why couldn't they sold the babysitter's vintage car. I mean like they said, she doesn't need the car anymore and it could bring in a buck to last the summer. Also, they already had another car so their means of transportation is fulfilled.
  • Because in Sue Ellen's own words, "It's a classic." Whereas her mother's Volvo is less than desirable. Kids their age aren't necessarily prone to rational thinking. Besides that, they didn't have it very long before it was stolen by drag queens.
  • You can't sell a car that isn't in your name. And I doubt this rather normal suburban family has the kind of connections that would allow them to sell it illegally.
• When Bryan visits his sister Carolyn at work to discuss his fight with Sue Ellen, Swell coincidentally happens to walk by and Carolyn calls her out by name. How did Bryan not even question that she might have been talking to his Sue Ellen?
  • Because his girlfriend Sue Ellen is only 17 and not likely to be working on the executive floor of a large national corporation.