Oklahoma police find no evidence of McClendon suicide

[Eugene]

Last edited Wed Jun 8, 2016, 01:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

World | Tue Jun 7, 2016 6:25pm EDT

Oklahoma police find no evidence of McClendon suicide

Oklahoma City police said on Tuesday an inquiry found no evidence suggesting oilman Aubrey McClendon committed suicide when he died in a fiery crash in March, but acknowledged his state of mind at the time of the accident was unknowable.

McClendon's Chevy Tahoe slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on March 2, one day after federal prosecutors indicted him for violating anti-trust laws by rigging bids for oil lands. He had denied the charges.

Details of the crash, in which his vehicle was driving well above the speed limit at 88 miles (142 km) per hour, stunned the U.S. energy industry. Many executives worried he had committed suicide.

"Our investigators found no information that would compel us to believe this was anything other than a car accident," police Captain Paco Balderrama said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chesapeake-energy-mcclendon-idUSKCN0YT2OD

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EDIT: June 8 update: Oklahoma medical examiner rules oilman McClendon's deadly crash an accident (Reuters)

[elehhhhna]

1. Because bullshit.

[Nihil]

2. "Suicide" or "suicided"?

"If you want your family to get the insurance money, hit that bridge
and we'll make sure it is acknowledged as an accident ..."

Either way, he's dead, his profits live on and his patrons/colleagues are off the hook.
Only the public (and the planet) have lost - and neither of them count these days.

[Eugene]

3. Oklahoma medical examiner rules oilman McClendon's deadly crash an accident

Source: Reuters

World | Wed Jun 8, 2016 12:24pm EDT

Oklahoma medical examiner rules oilman McClendon's deadly crash an accident

The fiery crash that killed U.S. oilman Aubrey McClendon in March after his car hit a wall was an accident, Oklahoma's medical examiner said on Wednesday, echoing a police inquiry's findings a day earlier that there was no evidence of suicide.

The examiner said he died of "multiple blunt force trauma" and his corpse suffered "charring" and "burns" after his Chevy Tahoe slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on March 2. The crash happened a day after federal prosecutors indicted him for violating anti-trust laws by rigging bids for oil lands.

McClendon, who failed to show up at a dinner with friends the night of the indictment, denied the charges.

Toxicology tests showed there was no alcohol in his blood at the time of the accident.

Details of the crash, in which his vehicle was driving well above the speed limit at 88 miles (142 km) per hour, stunned the U.S. energy industry.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chesapeake-mcclendon-death-idUSKCN0YU20V