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A well-respected French investment fund manager who put at least $1.4 billion of his client's money - and perhaps much or all of his own wealth - in the hands of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff appears to have committed suicide in his Manhattan office according to police officials.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by MrWendal
The sleeping pills might have been used to render the man unconscious, but it is possible, in my mind, that someone else slit his wrists to make it look like a suicide.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by MrWendal
I am wondering how this man could slit both wrists. From what I've heard, that is quite a feat. Slitting the first wrist generally disables it; to cut deep enough to get the artery requires cutting through the tendons and ligaments that control use of the hand. To be able to use that hand to hold a box cutter and slit the other wrist would be difficult, if not impossible, from what I understand.
The sleeping pills might have been used to render the man unconscious, but it is possible, in my mind, that someone else slit his wrists to make it look like a suicide.
Although the results of an autopsy are not expected to be available until late Wednesday morning, sources told NBC news that De la Villehuchet's body was found sitting at his desk in his office. Both of his wrists were slit. A boxcutter and sleeping pills were found nearby.
509 Madison Avenue in New York, where Access International Advisors has its offices and where De la Villehuchet was found.
Police suspect he took the sleeping pills and then slit his wrists, but a toxicology report will need to be completed to confirm those suspicions.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
I am wondering how this man could slit both wrists. From what I've heard, that is quite a feat. Slitting the first wrist generally disables it; to cut deep enough to get the artery requires cutting through the tendons and ligaments that control use of the hand.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by MrWendal
I am wondering how this man could slit both wrists. From what I've heard, that is quite a feat. Slitting the first wrist generally disables it; to cut deep enough to get the artery requires cutting through the tendons and ligaments that control use of the hand. To be able to use that hand to hold a box cutter and slit the other wrist would be difficult, if not impossible, from what I understand.
The sleeping pills might have been used to render the man unconscious, but it is possible, in my mind, that someone else slit his wrists to make it look like a suicide.
He grew increasingly subdued after the Madoff scandal broke, drawing suspicion among janitors at his office Monday night when he demanded that they be out of there by 7 p.m. Less than 13 hours later, his body was found.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by MrWendal
I am wondering how this man could slit both wrists. From what I've heard, that is quite a feat. Slitting the first wrist generally disables it; to cut deep enough to get the artery requires cutting through the tendons and ligaments that control use of the hand. To be able to use that hand to hold a box cutter and slit the other wrist would be difficult, if not impossible, from what I understand.
The sleeping pills might have been used to render the man unconscious, but it is possible, in my mind, that someone else slit his wrists to make it look like a suicide.