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Heroine, cocaine _and_ a cocktail of other drugs? And the guy is a top notch hacker about to embarrass some pretty powerful conglomerates? Sorry but I don't c

by realo 13y ago

Heroine, cocaine _and_ a cocktail of other drugs? And the guy is a top notch hacker about to embarrass some pretty powerful conglomerates? Sorry but I don't care how many bottles of champagne were in the room trash bin. This has MURDER written all over. For the curious, here is an interesting story which might, or might not, be relevant: http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/suspicious_deaths_scientists_1.html http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/suspicious_deaths_scie...

wsc981 13y ago
This story reminded me a bit about the death of UK hacker Gareth Willams[0], who worked for the secret service. [0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams
- rdl 13y ago
  "Gym bag" was a suspicious death ("we've shown he couldn't have died in this way, but this is how he died", basically). Barnaby Jack really wasn't.
- dotBen 13y ago
  Not really beyond a) they both died and b) they both worked in the field of security. Any further comparison is a little contrived. Gareth Williams was never a hacker - he was an academic mathematician who later became employed by GCHQ. Unlike Barnaby's death, neither alcohol or drugs played any part in his death. The circumstances around William's passing is legitimately suspicious, however, given the 'ritualistic placing of sim cards' and the fact that no one has been able to prove it is possible to lock oneself in the sports holdal from the inside.
sanswork 13y ago
Heroin and cocaine is a somewhat common mixture once you're heavy into drugs despite it's dangerousness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug) It's the killer of lots of celebrities. The other drugs found in his system were Xanax and Benadryl again fairly common for people to take/to have in their system. Go read /r/drugs sometime a lot of those people regularly mix a ridiculous number of drugs.
- rmason 13y ago
  It's similar to the death of John Belushi which was also from a mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a speedball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi
Zigurd 13y ago
On top of all that, I did not anywhere that they tested his blood for the presence of drugs. The statement you are quoting started with "Symptoms of." Yeah. That's sketchy and probably outside the parameters of a proper investigation.
ramblerman 13y ago
sigh really? mixing heroin and cocaine is called a speedball. One is an upper and the other a downer, much like a cigarette and coffee can be combined. It is certainly not that uncommon for people to combine drugs. Unfortunately death is not uncommon either. River phoenix and John Belushi famously died of speedballs. But I'm guessing you'll believe whatever you want.
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aoeuaue 13y ago
You obviously haven't done drugs or been around drug users before. The only people who think this is murder are clueless.

by realo 13y ago

wsc981 13y ago

This story reminded me a bit about the death of UK hacker Gareth Willams[0], who worked for the secret service. [0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Gareth_Williams

rdl 13y ago
"Gym bag" was a suspicious death ("we've shown he couldn't have died in this way, but this is how he died", basically). Barnaby Jack really wasn't.
dotBen 13y ago
Not really beyond a) they both died and b) they both worked in the field of security. Any further comparison is a little contrived. Gareth Williams was never a hacker - he was an academic mathematician who later became employed by GCHQ. Unlike Barnaby's death, neither alcohol or drugs played any part in his death. The circumstances around William's passing is legitimately suspicious, however, given the 'ritualistic placing of sim cards' and the fact that no one has been able to prove it is possible to lock oneself in the sports holdal from the inside.

sanswork 13y ago

Heroin and cocaine is a somewhat common mixture once you're heavy into drugs despite it's dangerousness. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug) It's the killer of lots of celebrities. The other drugs found in his system were Xanax and Benadryl again fairly common for people to take/to have in their system. Go read /r/drugs sometime a lot of those people regularly mix a ridiculous number of drugs.

rmason 13y ago
It's similar to the death of John Belushi which was also from a mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a speedball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi

Zigurd 13y ago

On top of all that, I did not anywhere that they tested his blood for the presence of drugs. The statement you are quoting started with "Symptoms of." Yeah. That's sketchy and probably outside the parameters of a proper investigation.

ramblerman 13y ago

sigh really? mixing heroin and cocaine is called a speedball. One is an upper and the other a downer, much like a cigarette and coffee can be combined. It is certainly not that uncommon for people to combine drugs. Unfortunately death is not uncommon either. River phoenix and John Belushi famously died of speedballs. But I'm guessing you'll believe whatever you want.

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aoeuaue 13y ago

You obviously haven't done drugs or been around drug users before. The only people who think this is murder are clueless.