His family sold, or gave away, a car that they thought was his. We bought it together...he paid most, but not all of the purchase price, but my name was on the bill of sale. Was I wrong to pay the car off, get the title, transfer the title, and get tags for the expired plates?

The three things that I see that I can do are;
1. Demand the return of the vehicle, probably via Small Claims Court since they are refusing to acknowledge that I had anything to do with the car.

2. Ask for repayment for my costs associated with the final car payment, title transfer fee, and the new tags for the license plates, again, probably within Small Claims Court.

3. Notify DMV that the vehicle is not in my possession [actually I already sent them that message] and do nothing more. Leave it as it sits.

Although it wasn't my fault, they blame me for his death.