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Deaths allegedly related to the case
While investigating elements of this story,
journalist Danny Casolaro died in what was
twice ruled a suicide. Casolaro had warned
friends prior to his death if they were ever
told he had committed suicide not to believe
it, and to know he had been murdered.[2] Many
have argued that the death was curious,
deserving closer scrutiny; some have argued
further, believing the death was a murder,
committed to hide whatever Casolaro had
uncovered. Kenn Thomas and Jim Keith discuss
this in their book, The Octopus: Secret
Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro
(The Octopus was the name that Casolaro had
intended to give his book). A United States
House of Representatives report on the Inslaw
affair thought that the circumstances of
Casolaro's death were suspicious: "As long as
the possibility exists that Danny Casolaro
died as a result of his investigation into
the INSLAW matter, it is imperative that
further investigation be conducted."[3]
There were a number of other suspicious
deaths or disappearances connected to the
Inslaw case:
* The unsolved triple homicide involving
Fred Alvarez, Ralph Boger, and Patricia
Castro in late June/early July 1981. Alvarez
was the Deputy Tribal Chairman of the Cabazon
Band of Mission Indians, and had become
outspoken regarding corruption and shadowy
government ties to the Cabazon tribe. He
expressed some of these views to the press
before meeting his fate. Alvarez and Boger
were scheduled to meet with an unknown party
to present proof of many of the alleged
misuses of tribal land the day after their
bodies, along with the body of Alvarez's
girlfriend Patricia Castro, were discovered.
They allegedly had information regarding arms
deals, weapons testing, and illegal
modifications made to PROMIS software, all
taking place on tribal land. The daughter of
Ralph Boger continues to look for justice in
the case and has documents on her website[4]
relating the Cabazon Indian Tribe to arms
manufacture and export. She explains the
bizarre circumstances surrounding her
father's murder; the police never notified
her family of the murders, which they learned
about from watching the local news.
Furthermore, authorities refused to show the
family Boger's body and allegedly had him
cremated without their consent. The house in
which the murders occurred was bulldozed
within two days, and mysterious "guys in
black suits" are said to have appeared at the
funeral.
* The shooting death of Anson Ng (a
reporter and friend of Casolaro). According
to a 1991 issue of the TC Technical
Consultant story, "In July, Anson Ng, a
reporter for the Financial Times of London
was shot and killed in Guatemala. He had
reportedly been trying to interview an
American there named Jimmy Hughes, a one-
time director of security for the Cabazon
Indian Reservation secret projects."[5]
Alvarez's son and Boger's daughter were able
to confront Hughes in Feb. 2008 with a hidden
camera. Videos of this confrontation can be
seen at the daughters website.[6]
* The shooting death of Dennis Eisman
(Michael Riconosciuto's attorney). According
to the same TC Technical Consultant story,
"In April, a Philadelphia attorney named
Dennis Eisman was found dead, killed by a
single bullet in his chest. According to a
former federal official who worked with
Eisman, the attorney was found dead in the
parking lot where he had been due to meet
with a woman who had crucial evidence to
share substantiating Riconosciuto's claims
[regarding Inslaw]."
* The poisoning death of Ian Spiro, who
was supposedly a Casolaro informant and was
allegedly involved in the Inslaw affair;
Spiro's wife and children had been killed a
few days before Spiro's body was found. In
1995, Kevin Brass reported in San Diego
magazine that Spiro's brother-in-law Greg
Quarton suspected the Mossad was involved in
Spiro's death, while "Ex-hostage Peter
Jacobsen confirmed to the media that Spiro
was indeed involved in the release of
hostages in the Middle East," referring to
the October Surprise scandal. Brass further
notes that "According to court documents
filed shortly after the murders, Spiro was
holding computer equipment essential . . . to
prove a Justice Department conspiracy to
steal sophisticated computer software."[7]
* The mysterious death of Bill McCoy, a
retired Chief Warrant Officer from the U.S.
Army's Criminal Investigation Division, who
had been involved in the investigation of the
PROMIS software saga. He died at home in
1997, and his body was cremated within 48
hours, despite his saying several times over
the previous years that he wanted to be
buried next to his wife, and in less than
four days all of McCoy's furniture, records
and personal belongings had been removed from
his home by his son, a full Colonel in the
Army. The house had been sanitized and
repainted and, aside from the Zen garden in
the back yard, there was no trace that McCoy
had ever lived there
(from wikipedia)
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