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Death of N.J. chemist ruled a homicide
Phillyburbs ^

Posted on 02/14/2005 7:10:21 PM PST by Selkie

Death of worker at treatment plant ruled a homicide The Associated Press

PATERSON, N.J. - A woman whose body was found in a tank at a water treatment plant drowned and her death has been ruled a homicide, the Passaic County prosecutor said Monday.

Geetha Angara had been doing water quality tests Wednesday when she disappeared. A search found her body about 100 feet from where she was working, but her two-way radio and clipboard were found directly below the work area, which had a protective grate to prevent falls, Prosecutor James F. Avigliano said.

"That was where we think the woman was either pushed or shoved into this opening," Avigliano said. Water flow in the tank probably contributed to movement of her body, but did not have much effect on the smaller, denser items, he said.

The regional medical examiner made the homicide determination, which detectives agreed with, he said. The examiner also found the cause of death to be drowning, he said.

Investigators last week began interviewing all 85 employees working at the plant, and all will eventually be interviewed, Avigliano said.

(Excerpt) Read more at phillyburbs.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: biologist; biologists; chemist; chemists; deadscientists; drowning; foulplay; indian; microbiologists; murder; newjersey; pakistani; pvwc; scientist; scientistsdeaths; terrorism; watertreatment
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1 posted on 02/14/2005 7:10:22 PM PST by Selkie
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To: Selkie

I hope that they did not spend a lot of money on coming up with this... duh


2 posted on 02/14/2005 7:12:19 PM PST by NCjim
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To: Selkie; grizzfan; Lori675; dennisw; JennysCool; lainie; bd476; olde north church; Cheapskate

Call Steven Quayle, George Noory, and Art Bell.


3 posted on 02/14/2005 7:13:35 PM PST by Perdogg (Rumsfeld for President - 2008)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; JesseJane; nickcarraway; redhead; WestCoastGal; cricket; PGalt; Pro-Bush

Ping


4 posted on 02/14/2005 7:13:39 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: Selkie

Jersey Jihadists at it again?


5 posted on 02/14/2005 7:15:36 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Selkie

BTTT.


6 posted on 02/14/2005 7:16:00 PM PST by aculeus
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To: Perdogg

call Monk


7 posted on 02/14/2005 7:16:30 PM PST by since1868
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To: Palladin
there are a lot of Jihads in Paterson
8 posted on 02/14/2005 7:17:16 PM PST by since1868
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To: Perdogg

They'll be all over this.

Start investing in the parent company of reynolds wrap, because the aluminum foil will be put on thick tonight.


9 posted on 02/14/2005 7:22:53 PM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: Selkie

Any word on that family of four converted x-muzlims?


10 posted on 02/14/2005 7:23:06 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead (I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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To: Palladin

Who knows...........btw the news said that Geetha had limited movement withe one her arms from bursitis and that her arm was in a sling.
So she was pretty defenseless against whomever killed her.


11 posted on 02/14/2005 7:26:34 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: since1868

The homicide does seem to have a Monkish quality about it...


12 posted on 02/14/2005 7:27:36 PM PST by Welsh Rabbit
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To: Texas_Jarhead

The family of the murdered Coptic Christians is having a press conference tomorrow in D.C.
Haven't heard any new news on the case otherwise.


13 posted on 02/14/2005 7:27:54 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: Selkie

WOW! Maybe we should call Monk, or Columbo, or Sherlock Holmes.

I was really thinking this was an accidental death. The idea this woman was murdered is very disturbing.


14 posted on 02/14/2005 7:28:09 PM PST by jocon307 (Vote George Washington for the #1 spot)
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To: Selkie
It took three days to find this body in the water tank. This is how I would disperse one gram of Cl. botulinum toxin into a water supply and use a serotype not indigenous to the US. By the time the authorities discovered the source of the toxin, there would be hundreds, if not thousands affected. Using a serotype not indigenous to the US the antitoxin supply would be used up on the first diagnosed living case. I think our water supply is overlooked as a source of terrorism and biowarfare.
15 posted on 02/14/2005 7:29:38 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Selkie

Does your local news report state if the water has been re-tested? Like maybe whoever killed her did so to stop her from doing the test because maybe the killer(s) added something to the water that they don't want found?


16 posted on 02/14/2005 7:31:06 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: Selkie

I thought the latest on that was that the police believe it was a robbery? not sure, but we will never get the truth on this story - we all knew it would be buried from the start.


17 posted on 02/14/2005 7:31:41 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Perdogg; grizzfan; Lori675; dennisw; JennysCool; lainie; bd476; olde north church; Cheapskate; ...
This was already talked about on Coast to Coast last weekend.

Coast to Coast PING!


18 posted on 02/14/2005 7:31:42 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Selkie

"a financial motive". sure:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NjUzNTMyJnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==


19 posted on 02/14/2005 7:33:31 PM PST by oceanview
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

No it didn't mention on the news if the water has been retested.
But dear friends of mine live in Passaic Cty. so they're finding out themselves.
Will post if I hear anything.


20 posted on 02/14/2005 7:35:01 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: BurbankKarl

Steven Quayle is posting mysterious deaths of scientist that have happened in last few months on his website, but I cannot link it. The administrator does not want anything posted from his website.

Would you know why??


21 posted on 02/14/2005 7:35:21 PM PST by Perdogg (Rumsfeld for President - 2008)
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To: Perdogg

check your freepmail


22 posted on 02/14/2005 7:37:18 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Selkie; ChefKeith
Thanks for the info ping.
bookmark for CK
23 posted on 02/14/2005 7:37:23 PM PST by WestCoastGal (Daytona 500 ~ 6 days!___ Gatorade Duel Races this Thursday 1pm ET)
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To: Selkie
Condolences to Geetha Angara's family and friends.

Thanks for the post. Interesting/disturbing.

24 posted on 02/14/2005 7:40:43 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Welsh Rabbit

the problem is Paterson is not very clean.


25 posted on 02/14/2005 7:41:39 PM PST by since1868
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To: BurbankKarl

Thanks! I understand now. I had no idea.


26 posted on 02/14/2005 7:42:08 PM PST by Perdogg (Rumsfeld for President - 2008)
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To: oceanview
Just a garden variety burglary, with four murders as an afterthought. That's why the FBI was sent to Egypt to investigate. =:O

A close friend also disclosed late last week that Hossam Armanious spent two to three days searching for the deposed Bishop of Luxor during a trip to Egypt this past summer. Armanious found him in a monastery in the desert.

"Hossam spent one day with the exiled bishop," said the friend, Rafique Iscandar, who is also the president of the American Coptic Union. "When Sam lived there, he used to help him in the church. The bishop would call and say, 'Hossam, can you help us?' and Hossam would help."

The FBI has gone to Egypt to investigate, said DeFazio, adding that authorities want to know about the family's travel habits. It wasn't known whether Armanious' trip or visit with the bishop had any connection to the homicides.

27 posted on 02/14/2005 7:44:24 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: oceanview

"a financial motive". sure:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NjUzNTMyJnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==


OMG, I can't believe their implying that the Armanious' were secretly wealthy !
Its almost like their trying to cast aspersions upon th evictims and say hey the dead family was at fault fo rhaving ill gotten gains or something !
They lived in a very modest home in Jersey City Heights.


<<"Do you think if it was financial they would not take the gold and a ring from my sister's finger?" said Ayman Garas, the dead woman's brother. "Do you think if Hossam had a lot of money he would have complained about his job not giving him enough hours?

"I mean, he never complained about money, but he wasn't rich.">>>>>

Also these killings were very PERSONAL in nature.
People who are simply trying to rob and get money/jewelry don't think hey I want to make an artistic when I murder these people.


<<<<"the victims appeared to suffer "ritualistic" injuries, including holes bored under each family member's neck, said the source, who saw photos taken of the bodies after they were released to a funeral home. The face of each victim was obscured with a bag, he said.>>>>>


28 posted on 02/14/2005 7:45:29 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: since1868

Yeah I forgot that Paterson "aka Mecca West" is in Passaic Cty.


29 posted on 02/14/2005 7:46:52 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: Perdogg
Would you know why??

Might have something to do with Steve Quayle being an idiot kookjob.

30 posted on 02/14/2005 7:47:26 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: vetvetdoug

"It took three days to find this body in the water tank."

Are you saying this was a dry (no pun) run?


31 posted on 02/14/2005 7:47:39 PM PST by jocon307 (Vote George Washington for the #1 spot)
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To: Perdogg

Geetha (with picture) is #54 of murdered scientists since 1994 on Steve Quayles list.


32 posted on 02/14/2005 7:47:57 PM PST by PGalt
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To: oceanview

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342492/posts

Relatives of Slain N.J. Family of Four Speak Out
usnewswire.com ^


Posted on 02/13/2005 6:58:49 PM EST by Selkie


Relatives of Slain N.J. Family of Four Speak Out for First Time in Washington, D.C. Press Conference

Thu Feb 10, 1:35 PM ET

Contact: U.S. Copts Association, 202-737-3660 or copts@copts.com, Web: http://www.copts.com

Relatives of the slain Armanious family of four will speak at their first press conference since the brutal murders on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. at the National Press Club's Zenger Room in Washington, D.C. U.S. Copts Association president Michael Meunier will join the Armanious family's relatives in addressing the investigation's status and expressing the family's point of view on the horrific crime. The family will also address erroneous reports circulated by some national and foreign media outlets. The family will be joined by friends of the Coptic-American community, including representatives of NGOs and human rights organizations.


33 posted on 02/14/2005 7:48:57 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: Selkie
unfortunately I now live in Mecca south in Northern Virginia
34 posted on 02/14/2005 7:53:24 PM PST by since1868
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To: NCjim

Coming up with what???


35 posted on 02/14/2005 7:53:57 PM PST by restornu (I am offcial DD invicible being......Ghosty! ---------- Harry Reid didn't CTR)
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To: vetvetdoug

I walked guard on a water tower at Ft. Bragg during the Cuban Crisis.


36 posted on 02/14/2005 8:03:28 PM PST by AntiBurr ("If only we could also milk the scapegoat! " --S. Lec)
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To: flashbunny; Perdogg; Palladin

What with all the jokes folks....a women Geetha Angara was murdered.....are your hearts so hard it just anohter funtime for you?


37 posted on 02/14/2005 8:04:30 PM PST by restornu (I am offcial DD invicible being......Ghosty! ---------- Harry Reid didn't CTR)
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To: Selkie; Calpernia; Velveeta; DAVEY CROCKETT; lacylu; jerseygirl

Bump


38 posted on 02/14/2005 8:04:44 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)
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To: restornu

Guess some are confusing FR with the Yahoo message baords.


39 posted on 02/14/2005 8:13:27 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: since1868

call Monk

No, call Columbo, he won't be scared of the dirty water.


40 posted on 02/14/2005 8:23:07 PM PST by taxesareforever
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To: Selkie

Ooookkkkk....guess common decency is hard to come by for some of you!


41 posted on 02/14/2005 8:26:40 PM PST by restornu (I am offcial DD invicible being......Ghosty! ---------- Harry Reid didn't CTR)
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To: vetvetdoug
pic of Totowa plant

The prosecutor says that everybody is a suspect. Sheriff's deputies are patroling the plant today and employees are being paired up in order to make sure everyone stays safe, but investigators say they believe this may have been an inside job.

James Avigliano, Passaic Co. Prosecutor: "The interviews are being conducted. The only benefit that we have here is that there is a limited number of people who were present at the time that this event occurred."

Geetha Angara apparently had gone down to a remote section of the plant to calibrate a machine and to take a water sample. Her body was found about 24 hours after that, but again police now say this was not an accident - that this was murder.

42 posted on 02/14/2005 8:29:45 PM PST by Selkie (You can argue 'til you're blue in the face, but I'll always be right.)
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To: restornu

the 'joke' isn't about her - it's about all the tinfoil people who lump in every death of anybody remotely related with chemistry / biology as part of some sinister plot by some unknown forces.


43 posted on 02/14/2005 8:44:54 PM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: flashbunny
Oh sure. Do you have any experience with statistics? Are you also one that if a (R) is behind their name they must have impeccable credentials?
44 posted on 02/14/2005 9:16:00 PM PST by Digger
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To: restornu

I am not joking. I am dead serious about this poor woman's murder. There may be a connection to one of the many terrorist nests in New Jersey.

She may have died preventing a Jihadist from poisoning the water there.


45 posted on 02/14/2005 10:09:38 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Digger

I've read some freeper's "statistical analysis" of it back when there were 11 microbiologist deaths within 5 months.

They used the number of microbiologists in the general US population and the death rate among all citizens and 'deduced' that the 11 deaths in 5 months was too high to be coincidental.

They also failed to admit (or read) that some of the deaths happened in russia, england, australia, etc. Thus rendering their thorough statistical analysis based on THE US POPULATION OF MICROBIOLOGISTS completely and totally worthless.

Of course, they seemed to gloss over that fact. It would reduce the shock value of their 'statistics'.

It was bad enough when it was microbiologists. Now it's almost any type of scientist or even people in school studying science. Soon it will be that if you own a lab coat and end up dead, Art bell, george noory, alex jones, and every other crackpot with an audience to entertain will gleefully use your death to advance their careers and captivate their audience.

It's pathetic and sickening.


46 posted on 02/14/2005 10:26:13 PM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

They were Coptic Christians. As far as I know, they were never Muslimes.

The FBI is finally getting around to interviewing their relatives.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1343810/posts


47 posted on 02/15/2005 12:44:10 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Selkie

I wonder if the sling was the result of a warning.


48 posted on 02/15/2005 12:46:22 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: BykrBayb
You're correct and I knew that but in my hurry I forgot.
49 posted on 02/15/2005 12:54:19 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead (I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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To: Selkie
employees are being paired up in order to make sure everyone stays safe

Shep just pointed out that someone's probably paired up with the murderer.

50 posted on 02/15/2005 1:09:42 PM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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