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41. her daughter, not son, is a former officer in the Vermont National Guard

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:32 PM

Mar 2015

and retired Air Force Major General who ran for Congress -- in VERMONT -- 9 years ago. The daughter married a Democratic member of Congress from Pennsylvania.

His criminal history may well be relevant for a different reason than you've suggested. He could be that the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the crime -- a crime for which he spent almost his entire adult life in fail -- sent him into a spiral from which he couldn't recover.

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Black Man Hanged, CNN Becomes Fox News....... [View all] Grassy Knoll Mar 2015 OP

They are saying this was a likely suicide Wella Mar 2015 #1

They made the same bullshit claims about Lennon Lacy, too. eom MohRokTah Mar 2015 #3

The FBI actually said that it was a likely suicide Wella Mar 2015 #4

I doubt it seriously. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #7

I'm searching for verification that Lennon Lacy was a lynching--other than peoples' opinions Wella Mar 2015 #10

Get over yourself. cwydro Mar 2015 #30

yea, that criminal record part is crucial G_j Mar 2015 #2

I think it is. Someone might have wanted revenge. 840high Mar 2015 #6

He murdered the mother of a Republican congressional candidate. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #9

Another way to put it: onenote Mar 2015 #33

Either way, he murdered a politically connected white woman (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #34

who moved to Vermont after college 30 some years ago. onenote Mar 2015 #39

Or maybe the guilt of what he did finally overwhelmed him onenote Mar 2015 #36

I agree, KMOD Mar 2015 #14

I don't think it is distasteful to mention it--it could be the reason he's dead. MADem Mar 2015 #28

Wasn't he last seen at a casino? Did I remember that wrong? arcane1 Mar 2015 #35

Yes, he was--at this stage, it's still a big mystery. We don't know, and we shouldn't assume. MADem Mar 2015 #44

Agreed, on all counts. arcane1 Mar 2015 #45

We have no idea as to why he may have chosen to take his own life. KMOD Mar 2015 #38

You're speculating, too--but it's unreasonable of you to limit the parameters of the speculation. MADem Mar 2015 #43

We have no idea why KMOD Mar 2015 #46

Look, I am uninterested in fighting with you about this, but the facts of the matter are these: MADem Mar 2015 #47

I'm not going to hide this thread. But, honestly, you will never, really know why. KMOD Mar 2015 #48

Now see, that's just UNKIND -- "Have fun with your speculation" like wanting to know what happened MADem Mar 2015 #49

What the Eff is wrong with you? KMOD Mar 2015 #50

I might ask you the same question. MADem Mar 2015 #51

her daughter, not son, is a former officer in the Vermont National Guard onenote Mar 2015 #41

That's why I am not drawing conclusions yet. It's not a slam dunk as to why this happened. nt MADem Mar 2015 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author bravenak Mar 2015 #5

Looks like a newspaper headline from 1930. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #8

What nonsense. cwydro Mar 2015 #13

No one WANTS a lynching philosslayer Mar 2015 #17

I sure hope no one wants it to be a lynching. cwydro Mar 2015 #20

if it was suicide, we will never know why KMOD Mar 2015 #18

I agree KMOD cwydro Mar 2015 #23

You missed my point. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #26

Ok, I see that I did. cwydro Mar 2015 #27

...^ that 840high Mar 2015 #29

Investigating the cause but they did say that they did not find anything that he could have jumped jwirr Mar 2015 #11

He had no other injuries except for those consistent KMOD Mar 2015 #19

Yes, I am also sorry for the family. jwirr Mar 2015 #22

Makes me sick to my stomach, seeing that. Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #12

The sheriff was a former NAACP leader and he was one if the first to tell people Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #15

A Lot of People Commit Suicide...... Grassy Knoll Mar 2015 #16

White people hang themselves from trees, too. KMOD Mar 2015 #21

Dang KMOD. cwydro Mar 2015 #24

Sorry About Your Father.... Grassy Knoll Mar 2015 #25

Trust me, I realize the connotations involved in this. KMOD Mar 2015 #31

Folks, hoping and praying for a hate crime is ... despicable. Let the facts tell BP2 Mar 2015 #32

I don't think anyone is "hoping and praying" that this was a hate crime. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #37

Yes. KMOD Mar 2015 #40