Hmmm… a bit too in-your-face, I prefer when there's more of a build-up. The way it was done in this chapter, the premise sounds almost frivolous. I won't be following, but might give it another try when there are more chapters out, if I remember.
Pretty sure dude got a mob special at the river... So maybe she can only see the "official cause of death" as I imagine that the bad guy messed with the reports.