Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Litvinenko Post-Mortem: “The Most Dangerous Ever Undertaken in the Western World”
January 28th, 2015Via: BBC: The post-mortem examination of poisoned Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was probably “the most dangerous ever undertaken in the Western world”, a pathologist has said. Dr Nathaniel Cary told the inquiry into Mr Litvinenko’s death that his body was “very hazardous” and had to be transferred to a secure site for tests. Mr Litvinenko […]
Chris van Eeghen, ABN Amro Corporate Finance Executive, Dies
January 26th, 2015Via: Bloomberg: Chris van Eeghen, head of syndicate and corporate finance markets at ABN Amro Group NV, has died. His death was confirmed in an e-mailed statement from the state-owned Amsterdam-based bank. The statement, which described his death as “totally unexpected,” didn’t provide his age or the date and cause of death. Van Eeghen joined […]
Prosecutor Who Accused Argentinian President of Iranian Bomb Cover-Up Found Dead
January 20th, 2015Via: Independent: An Argentinian prosecutor who accused the country’s president of orchestrating a cover-up of the investigation into a notorious bomb attack on a Jewish community centre has been found dead – hours before he was to testify at a closed-door hearing. Reports said that Alberto Nisman, 51, who had been examining the 1994 blast […]
Body of Missing AIG Executive Found in Golf Course Pond
January 19th, 2015Via: Fox News: A body found floating in a pond on a golf course in California has been identified as the AIG executive who disappeared two weeks ago while attending a work conference in the area. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office confirmed that it was the body of Omar Meza on Friday, according to KESQ. […]
Man Who Was Making Film About American Dictatorship Found Dead in Home Along with Wife and Child
January 19th, 2015Via: Star Tribune: In the white rambler in the 1000 block of Ramsdell Drive in Apple Valley, a terrible sight awaited police: The bodies of a man, woman and child lying in the living room, the perpetrator and victims of an apparent murder-suicide. The bodies may have been there for up to four weeks before […]
Paris: Charlie Hebdo Shooting
January 7th, 2015Update: Terrorist Leaves ID Document at Scene [???] Fascinating. Well, at least it hadn’t been aboard a plane that smashed into a skyscraper. Via: CNN: Police found an ID document of Said Kouachi at the scene of the shooting, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. “It was their only mistake,” said Dominique Rizet, BFMTV’s police and justice […]
British Tycoon Impaled on Spikes Following 60ft Fall from Luxury London Penthouse
December 10th, 2014Update: Scot Young Via: Telegraph: A financier at the heart of one of Britain’s biggest divorce battles has died after falling from his £3 million home and impaling himself on iron railings. Scot Young, 52, suffered horrific injuries after plummeting four storeys from a window of his luxury central London penthouse. His death comes almost […]
Slain MassMutual Executive Held Wall Street “Trade Secrets”
December 9th, 2014In other news: “Riddles” Surround 36th Dead Banker Of The Year. Via: Wall Street On Parade: On Thursday, November 20, 2014, the body of 54-year old Melissa Millan, a divorced mother of two school-age children, was found at approximately 8 p.m. along a jogging path running parallel to Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury, Connecticut. A […]
Bird Bomb? Afghan Police Kill Bird Bearing Antenna, Explosives
November 30th, 2014Via: NBC: Afghan police said they are investigating how a wild bird came to bear an antenna, electronic devices and explosives. Police came across the strange sight around 8 a.m. in the northern Faryab province, a volatile region ravaged by Taliban violence. When police spotted the white bird — which isn’t native to the area […]
Citigroup Executive Found Dead in Greenwich Village Bathtub With Throat Slashed
November 23rd, 2014Update: Suspected Suicide, Police Said Yeah, that’s the ticket. Via: Bloomberg: The death of Shawn D. Miller, a Citigroup Inc. (C) managing director found dead in his apartment in New York, is a suspected suicide, police said. — Via: NBC: Police are investigating the death of a Citigroup manager who was found in his Manhattan […]
