vin and title

well hell i feel bad now. hears the rest of the story so i dont sound like a theif. i bought the car from my in laws who knew it didnt have a title. i figure it wouldnt be har to track down the person. so i did some digging. this car has been through four diffent people in 5 years all with outh signing the title. the last person who had it lost the title and didnt transfer. so then i found the oringal title owner and he is decesed. i talk to the wife ant the other son, she was helpful but the son wanted a 500 title finder fee or he wasnt going to help me. so im grasping for straws here. just want to cruize in my mopar, just suck