If you are the administrator of the estate, I assume that there is a will and other paperwork concerning your aunt and uncle's affairs. You need to be talking to the attorney that made up that paperwork, to see what you need to be doing considering the circumstances you describe. If you were designated as the person who has authority to act for your relatives when they are no longer able to make rational decisions, it might be time to start the process to have your uncle declared incompetent. How that works in your state will be something that the lawyer should be able to tell you. Be prepared for a fight though...it WILL happen.
A paper trail should be started. A police report should be made about the threats of harm, probably by the person who actually heard the threats made. Potential witness information should be given to the person making the report.
In my state, we have an agency called Adult Protective Services, which has social workers that investigate problems of the aged. Maybe your state has something similar that might be able to help the situation.
I don't know what you should tell the guy who is farming your relative's land. You might want to talk to your own attorney about the situation, to get their guidance. I would be inclined to suggest that the farmer just stay away from your uncle's property, but if they have investment in a crop there, they probably would not want to do that. Or they might sue your aunt and uncle and/or you.
Believing that things are being stolen that really have not been stolen is a sign of Alzheimers or dementia closing in. Did things really disappear? Could spray drift have really hurt the garden? Documenting things is a really good idea.
This is a really tough problem, and there is no set, correct way to handle it. I just had to place my 95 year old mother in a secured dementia facility, after she walked away from the assisted living unit she had been in for about a year repeatedly. She has very little short term memory and not much long term memory. She cannot make most decisions for herself anymore, and since I was the person she chose when she and her attorney made out her paperwork years ago, now I am essentially her guardian.
Be prepared to be criticized, no matter what you do or don't do. Good luck!
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