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>>"He was particularly protective of Le Roux’s birth mother, making me promise not to reveal her name. “Sad and interesting story,” he said. “His real mom’s mom
by djloche 11y ago
>>"He was particularly protective of Le Roux’s birth mother, making me promise not to reveal her name. “Sad and interesting story,” he said. “His real mom’s mom is married to a U.S. Senator.” When I asked him who the Senator was, he said, “That I can’t say, mate. That’ll get me shot.”"
This is probably a bigger story.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoThis doesn't seem like it'd be incredibly hard to prove if true. Senator's wives are a pretty limited group of people to look into for a connection.
- ikeboy 11y agoBut adoption records are probably hard to get.
- maxerickson 11y agoThe mother's name is redacted from the birth certificate shown in the story. It's the link from that name to a Senator that is missing.
- maxerickson 11y agoIt'd be the daughter having the child in another country in the early 1970s. I guess there is a good chance that there is no paper trail and a very small number of people that know any details and are still alive (because it happened 40 years ago, not because of anything nefarious).
- jessaustin 11y agoIf one were actually interested, maybe one could just look at all Senator's wives' daughters who traveled internationally in that timeframe?
- maxerickson 11y agoSure, I think that would be revealing. I think it would be a pretty large amount of work to make that list though, and it might not lead anywhere. (like, did the daughter go there quietly for 4 months under an assumed name because the Senator was friends with a doctor...)
- digibo 11y agoThis is starting to sound dangerously close to doxing (esp. if anything found is shared), even if it's out of pure curiosity.
- maxerickson 11y agoThere's a pretty big difference between speculating about what information to look for and actually tracking it down and publicizing it.
- jessaustin 11y agoI don't think this really contradicts what 'digibo said. That comment seems to refer to the latter as doxxing.
- maxerickson 11y agoThat's how I read it too, I just don't think we are dangerously close to doing it.
- langseth 11y agoI suspect this information would actually be really hard if not impossible to track down. The actions of D-list celebrities, and I am not even sure a senator's daughter would qualify that high, in the 1970s is not reported like it is in today's 24/7 news cycle. And, I can't imagine international flight passengers were tracked that closely either, much less stored for over 40 years.
- falsestprophet 11y agoUS Senators generally are not powerful enough to have people shot.
- jessaustin 11y agoThey can do favors for such people.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoNot openly, but let's say some powerful people have powerful friends in government, who both have troublesome enemies. If those troublesome enemies were no longer a part of the picture, things would work out so well for everyone, don'tcha think?
- mc32 11y agoI'm not sure I'd take that assertion at face value. It seemed to read more on par with something like "I took my moms car for a ride, if she finds out, she'll kill me" kind of hyperbola. Could be wrong, since there are arms dealers involved, but still, I don't think they rub people out like that and risk exposure.
- the_ancient 11y agoDepends on which Sub Committee they are on, and what position they hold on it....
- leoc 11y agoThey've had to resort to drowning people themselves on occasion.
- golergka 11y agoHaving someone shot is pretty cheap.
- kbenson 11y agoYou are assuming the violence would be carried out using senatorial powers. Senators are generally very wealthy people, and it doesn't take that much money to hire someone to kill another person[1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_killing#Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_killing#Statistics [2] 2: I have to say I was fairly hesitant to search for that data. It's not the kind of thing you want showing up in your search history...
- akhilcacharya 11y agoHe was born in '72, it's reasonable to assume that his birth grandmother was born around 1930, and that either she was of Rhodesian citizenship or her daughter was a missionary. If this is part is legitimate that is.
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- pklausler 11y agoIt took me five minutes on Wikipedia and NNDB to narrow the possibilities down to only four senators; the rest are women, too young, married too late, or only had sons.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoWow, I should take a crack at it. Any hints? Hah.
- avn2109 11y agoMight not be a current sitting Senator.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoMaybe? Most of this story is just an account of 1-2 people. Who knows if any of it is really true. I'm intrigued but unmoved without more data.