Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: Now it appears that he may have been simply assuring himself she really was dead, at least according to three of Wynette's daughters, who have filed a $50 million wrongful death suit against Richey and a doctor. Choices:  1. He seemed to convince himself that she really did die.  2. The eldest daughter of Wynette was the one who filed the suit.  3. He, not even once, believed that she was already dead. He tried so hard to save her. 

1