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Body of missing Harvard professor found in Louisiana
Boston Globe [online] ^
| December 20, 2001
| David Abel, Globe Staff, and Michele Kurtz, Globe Correspondent
Posted on 08/17/2002 6:08:33 AM PDT by First_Salute
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:08:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Wiley's body was discovered shortly before 10 a.m. [Dec. 20, 2001] snagged to a tree in log-strewn water next to the Hydro Electric's S.A. Murray Jr. Station in Vidalia, Louisiana.
Police found a wallet with documents that identified the body as Wiley, a 57-year-old nationally acclaimed expert in infectious diseases ...
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Anthrax Scare; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: anthrax; donwiley; ebolavirus; harvard; herpes; hiv; influenza; louisiana; tennessee; xraycrystallography
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To: Howlin; backhoe; deport; Alamo-Girl
FYI
To: First_Salute
Thank you for posting this.
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:27:10 AM PDT
by
syriacus
To: syriacus
This is the guy who's car was found near a bridge in Nashville?
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:29:39 AM PDT
by
The Raven
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Thanks for the heads up!
To: The Raven
"This is the guy who's car was found near a bridge in Nashville?"
Since Nashville is 250 miles from the Mississippi, I doubt it.
This guy's car was found on the bridge in Memphis. The last I heard the belief was that he stopped his car on the bridge, got out to look, and a passing truck blew him over.
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:53:56 AM PDT
by
mykej
To: mykej
" The last I heard the belief was that he stopped his car on the bridge, got out to look, and a passing truck blew him over."
Oh, sure! Happens every day. Not.
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:56:23 AM PDT
by
billhilly
To: mykej
"The last I heard the belief was that he stopped his car on the bridge, got out to look, and a passing truck blew him over."That was one of the very weak theories floated about but, come on, how likely is it that anyone (let alone a relatively intelligent person) would "stop his car on the bridge and get out to look" ?
Just one of several very unusual deaths of some rather unusual scientists. No intent to imply anything other than "unusual"
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:59:20 AM PDT
by
Lloyd227
To: First_Salute
Wiley, an expert on how the immune system fights infection, had recently studied the Ebola virus, HIV, herpes, and influenza. Sounds like someone didn't want anybody finding a vaccine or cure for those diseases anytime soon....
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To: First_Salute
I'm sure there is a reason for posting this under Foreign Affairs and only ten months after it was published.
Are we alluding somehow to Hatfill?
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posted on
08/17/2002 7:10:15 AM PDT
by
norton
To: Lloyd227
how likely is it that anyone (let alone a relatively intelligent person) would "stop his car on the bridge and get out to look" ? Your life has obviously been bereft of the many rich experiences to be gained through close association with the sort of top notch minds involved in the cutting edge of research science.
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posted on
08/17/2002 7:14:50 AM PDT
by
carpio
To: Purdue Pete
PING
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posted on
08/17/2002 7:15:49 AM PDT
by
lucyblue
To: norton
I'm glad this was posted. I didn't know, or don't remember knowing, the body had ever been found. It was an interesting [anthrax related] story, because, coincidentally, a significant number of top notch scientists had met with unusual deaths. Even non-tin foil hatters were intrigued.
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posted on
08/17/2002 7:24:41 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: carpio
If the bridge was across the Mississippi River, I would stop my car and get out to take a look!
To: norton
Wiley, an expert on how the immune system fights infection, had recently studied the Ebola virusMy question/thought too...Hatfill's area of expertise is also Ebola, not anthrax...
Anyone think the whole episode of the anthrax "scare" may be a so-called "red herring"?!?!
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posted on
08/17/2002 9:39:02 AM PDT
by
88keys
To: wontbackdown
If the bridge was across the Mississippi River, I would stop my car and get out to take a look! Been there, wanted to do that but wimped out, bought the Tee Shirt! I was traveling through Memphis going to Tunica(sp?)to Gamble while visiting (conservative Republican)relatives over in Jonesboro Arkansas.
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posted on
08/17/2002 10:34:17 AM PDT
by
carpio
To: mykej
The last I heard the belief was that he stopped his car on the bridge, got out to look, and a passing truck blew him over. Famous last words:
Sir, would you please step out of your vehicle... Why, certainly, officer....
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posted on
08/17/2002 3:39:35 PM PDT
by
archy
To: archy
Famous last words in Memphis:
Would you like a light? To Katherine Smith, DMV.
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posted on
08/17/2002 3:45:09 PM PDT
by
Inge_CAV
To: carpio
"...close association with the sort of top notch minds involved in the cutting edge of research science."I'll take that comment as the humor with which it surely must have been intended :-)
As my fortune (or misfortune?) might have it, I do in fact, work in a research environment where some 80% or more of my co-workers have a college degree with 50% Masters & PHDs.
I certainly understand the humor, but my original point would still stand.
What are the odds that this man simply stopped on the bridge and stood by the rail to peer off?
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posted on
08/17/2002 6:08:24 PM PDT
by
Lloyd227
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