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Indicted Blago Fundraiser Dead In Apparent Suicide
Zachary Roth | September 14, 2009, 11:14AM
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The former top fundraiser for Rod Blagojevich died over the weekend in an apparent suicide.
Chris Kelly was found Friday night slumped over the wheel of his black Cadillac Escalade in a lumber yard in suburban Country Club Hills outside Chicago. Drugs were found in the vehicle. Kelly died Saturday morning in a Chicago hospital.
Kelly, a high-stakes gambler, faced eight years in prison for hiding income that he used to pay gambling debts, and for participating in an $8.5 million fraud involving roofing work on airline hangars at O'Hare International Airport. He was also facing trial for his role in the alleged pay-for-play corruption connected to Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor.
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Middle Finger Mary
September 17, 2009 12:00 PM
Here are a few more names to add to the recent list of suicides. Must be suicide season eh?
James McDonald, 'suicided' on Sunday 13th September from a gunshot wound. Chief Executive of Rockefeller & Co., New York investment firm. Found in a car behind an auto dealership located in Dartmouth, MA. Translation: Murdered and dumped at the back of the dealership.
• Finn Casperson: 'Committed suicide' on Wednesday 9th September. Ex-CEO of Beneficial Corp., a large financial firm. Faced tax evasion charges relating to offshore accounts. Possible Taiwanese Triad links. Found dumped behind an office building in Westerly, Rhode Island.
• Danny Pang, aged 42, a Newport Beach financier, died early on Saturday, 12th September in a local hospital. Cause of death not so far reported.
• Christopher Kelly, former fundraiser for ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Sudden death reported on Saturday, 12th September. An Illinois mayor stated that police are investigating the death, initially referenced as a 'suicide'.
• Jodie Powell, 65, former spokesman for President Jimmy Carter. Extremely well connected, would have known where all pertinent skeletons are buried. Including background of Carter himself. He was reported to us, on 16th September, to have died suddenly.
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